Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard, Pieter de Hooch, 1663

Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard, Pieter de Hooch, 1663

oil on canvas, h 70cm × w 75.5cm More details

This scene of domestic virtue dates from De Hooch’s Amsterdam period. In a richly appointed house, two women put freshly pressed linen into a cupboard. They have hitched up their skirts to keep them clean while doing household chores. In the doorway a child plays with a kolfstok, a kind of hockey stick. Brightly lit canal houses can be see

On display in Gallery of Honour

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