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1629-1684 Dutch Pieter de Hooch Galleries De Hooch was born in Rotterdam to Hendrick Hendricksz de Hooch, a bricklayer, and Annetge Pieters, a midwife. He was the eldest of five children and outlived all of his siblings. He studied art in Haarlem under the landscape painter, Nicolaes Berchem. Beginning in 1650, he worked as a painter and servant for a linen-merchant and art collector named Justus de la Grange. His service for the merchant required him to accompany him on his travels to The Hague, Leiden, and Delft, to which he eventually moved. It is likely that de Hooch handed over most of his works to la Grange during this period in exchange for board and other benefits, as this was a common commercial arrangement for painters at the time, and a later inventory recorded that la Grange possessed eleven of his paintings. De Hooch was married in Delft in 1654 to Jannetje van der Burch, by whom he fathered seven children. While in Delft, de Hooch is also believed to have learned from the painters Carel Fabritius and Nicolaes Maes, who were both early members of the Delft School. He became a member of the painters' guild of Saint Luke in 1655, and had moved to Amsterdam by 1661. The early work of de Hooch, like most young painters of his time, was mostly composed of scenes of soldiers in stables and taverns, though he used these to develop great skill in light, color, and perspective rather than to explore an interest in the subject matter. After beginning his family in the mid-1650s, he switched his focus to domestic scenes and family portraits. His work showed astute observation of the mundane details of everyday life while also functioning as well-ordered morality tales. These paintings often exhibited a sophisticated and delicate treatment of light similar to those of Vermeer, who lived in Delft at the same time as de Hooch. 19th century art historians had assumed that Vermeer had been influenced by de Hooch's work, but the opposite is now believed.

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Pieter de Hooch Mother Lacing her Bodice Beside a Cradle oil painting artist


Pieter de Hooch Mother Lacing her Bodice Beside a Cradle oil painting artist

Mother Lacing her Bodice Beside a Cradle
Painting ID::  2415
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1661-63 Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

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Pieter de Hooch Woman and a Maid with a Pail in a Courtyard oil painting artist


Pieter de Hooch Woman and a Maid with a Pail in a Courtyard oil painting artist

Woman and a Maid with a Pail in a Courtyard
Painting ID::  2416
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1660-65 Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg

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Pieter de Hooch Woman Drinking with Soldiers oil painting artist


Pieter de Hooch Woman Drinking with Soldiers oil painting artist

Woman Drinking with Soldiers
Painting ID::  2417
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1658 Musee du Louvre, Paris

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Pieter de Hooch Woman Nursing an Infant oil painting artist


Pieter de Hooch Woman Nursing an Infant oil painting artist

Woman Nursing an Infant
Painting ID::  2418
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1658-60 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

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Pieter de Hooch Woman Drinking with Two Men and a Maidservant oil painting artist


Pieter de Hooch Woman Drinking with Two Men and a Maidservant oil painting artist

Woman Drinking with Two Men and a Maidservant
Painting ID::  2419
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1658 National Gallery, London

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