Pieter de Hooch - Rijksmuseum

Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684 or later) started his painting career after studying in probably in Haarlem with Nicolaes Berchem and after that with Ludolph de Jongh in Rotterdam.

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A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’

Pieter de Hooch, c. 1660 - c. 1661

A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’

A Maid with a Child in a Pantry

Pieter de Hooch, c. 1656 - c. 1660

A Maid with a Child in a Pantry

Figures in a Courtyard behind a House

Pieter de Hooch, c. 1663 - c. 1665

Figures in a Courtyard behind a House

Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard

Pieter de Hooch, 1663

Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard

Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House

Pieter de Hooch, 1670

Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House

Self Portrait?

attributed to Pieter de Hooch, 1648 - 1649

Self Portrait?

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A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’

1:13 min. - Zoom in on the ‘through-views’ and many gradations of light

A Mother Delousing her Child’s Hair, Known as ‘A Mother’s Duty’

Pieter de Hooch

An artist who transformed light and space into poetry

A Maid with a Child in a Pantry