HOOCH, Pieter de
(b. 1629, Rotterdam, d. 1684, Amsterdam)

Village House

c. 1665
Oil on canvas, 61 x 47 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

In the courtyard behind a house, the red-brick walls of which are decorated with white pilasters, a man and a woman sit at a table. She squeezes a piece of lemon above her glass, while he watches with interest, as does the woman standing, who holds a glass of beer in her hand.

This painting clearly testifies to the attention De Hooch paid to perspective and spatial effect.




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