Gallery of the Masters 
Pieter de Hooch
1629-1684 Netherlands/Baroque
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Brief Biography-Pieter de Hooch was born in Rotterdam. His nearest influence was Jan Vermeer. Gabriël Metsu and Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt are also said to have impressed him. However, he trained under Nicolaes Berchem in Haarlem. In 1654, he belonged to the Guild of Painters in Delft. He travelled to other Dutch cities while working for a merchant, where he would have encountered some of his contemporaries. In 1667, he moved to Amsterdam to reach a larger market. His paintings are primarily affluent household scenes, but his work leans more on a commercial plane than his more appreciated domestic Delft scenes. |
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Tric Trac Players
interior with woman
Courtyard
Delft Courtyard
A Mother's Duty
A Woman Nursing
Delft Family
The Bedroom
A Dutch Courtyard
Making Music
Village House
Bourgomaster's-
Conversation
Card Players
Woman and Maid
Woman and Maid
Cardplayers
Making Music
Woman Drinking
Peeling Apples
Parrot
Going for a Walk
Man Offering-
Interior
Merry Drinker
Interior with Figures
Mother Lacing
Musical Party
Playing Cards
Paying the Hostess
Suckling Mother
Woman Reading
The Empty Glass
Morning of a Man
The Visit
The Card Players
Two Soldiers
Women with a Child
Weighing Gold
Woman Drinking-
Woman Hands Over-
Peeling Vegetables
Basket
Woman and Child
In a Pantry
Woman with Baby
Woman and Child
