Interior with a Woman Weighing Gold Coin explained

Interior with a Woman Weighing Gold Coin
Artist:Pieter de Hooch
Year:1659–1662
Material:oil on canvas
Height Metric:61
Width Metric:53
City:Berlin
Museum:Gemäldegalerie

Interior with a Woman Weighing Gold Coin (1659–1662) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is part of the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.[1]

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

96. Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin. A woman stands in profile in a room, weighing gold coin. Her rich dress, trimmed with fur, suggests that she is the wife of a wealthy money-lender. It is a picture of rare beauty. Canvas, 24 inches by 21 1/2 inches. Sales, (Probably) Beckford, London, 1823 (£30:9s., Evans). Brun of Geneva, Paris, November 30, 1841, No. 20 (865 francs).[2]

The composition is strongly related to Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Die Goldwägerin . 2024-04-21 . Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums).
  2. https://archive.org/stream/catalogueraisonn01hofsuoft#page/502/mode/1up entry 96 for Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin