A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard explained

A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard
Artist:Pieter de Hooch
Year:1658–1660
Material:Oil on canvas
Height Metric:78
Width Metric:65
City:The Hague
Museum:Mauritshuis

A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard (1658–1660) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Mauritshuis.

Description

The painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote:

297. COURTYARD WITH A MAN SMOKING AND A WOMAN DRINKING. Sm. 30; de G. 56.[1] This picture corresponds precisely to the Rothschild picture (295), except that the figure of the second man is here absent. It is an excellent work. Canvas, 30 1/2 inches by 25 1/2 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Supplement, p. 131).

Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871 and 1888, No. 35; at the London Guildhall, 1892; and at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1900.

Now [in 1908] in the collection of Lady Wantage, London, No. 108 in the 1902 catalogue.[2]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.org/stream/catalogueraisonn01hofsuoft#page/569/mode/1up Comparative table
  2. https://archive.org/stream/catalogueraisonn01hofsuoft#page/559/mode/1up entry 297 for Courtyard with a Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking