Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Pieter de Hooch
(1629 - 1684)


Pieter de Hooch was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, with whom his work shares themes and style. 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_de_Hooch


Portrait of a family making music
1663
Oil on canvas
100 x 119 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art

I’m not familiar with the original but on the website of the museum the painting is much darker.
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1951.355


Detail taken from the Museum website
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