Pieter de Hooch

(Dutch, 1629–1684)

Room Paintings holds 12 paintings by Pieter de Hooch, from The Met, the National Gallery of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Art. They date from 1657 to 1675. We file all of them under Dutch Golden Age. The most common subjects are women, interiors and men. All of them suit a room in our lists, most often the bedroom and home office.

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Dutch Golden Age 12

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The 12 paintings

Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1663–65, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting, ca. 1663–65 The Met

A Couple Playing Cards, with a Serving Woman, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1665–75, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch A Couple Playing Cards, with a Serving Woman, ca. 1665–75 The Met

A smiling young child holds the latch of an open wooden door as she looks toward a woman to our right in this almost square painting. The woman and child both have pale skin and stand in a bedroom.

Pieter de Hooch The Bedroom, 1658/1660 National Gallery of Art

A woman and child stand in an enclosed courtyard in this vertical painting.

Pieter de Hooch Woman and Child in a Courtyard, 1658/1660 National Gallery of Art

A woman stands drinking from a tall glass as two men sit at a table in a courtyard enclosed by wood paneling and brick buildings in this vertical painting. The people all have pale, peachy skin.

Pieter de Hooch A Dutch Courtyard, 1658/1660 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of a Family Playing Music, Pieter de Hooch, 1663, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Portrait of a Family Playing Music, 1663 Cleveland Museum of Art

A Woman and Two Men in an Arbor, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657–58, oil on wood

Pieter de Hooch A Woman and Two Men in an Arbor, ca. 1657–58 The Met

Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1667–70, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed, ca. 1667–70 The Met

Interior with a Young Couple, Pieter de Hooch, probably ca. 1662–65, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Interior with a Young Couple, probably ca. 1662–65 The Met

Paying the Hostess, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670, oil on canvas

Pieter de Hooch Paying the Hostess, ca. 1670 The Met

The Visit, Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1657, oil on wood

Pieter de Hooch The Visit, ca. 1657 The Met

Four elegantly dressed men and women, plus a brown and white dog, gather around a rug-covered table in a shadowy room in this vertical painting. The people all have pale skin and are lit from our left.

Pieter de Hooch The Greeting, c. 1675 National Gallery of Art