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About the Artwork
The identity of the sitters remains unknown, although the marble floor and mantelpiece, the Transylvanian prayer rug on the table, and the silk clothes all point to the family’s considerable wealth. Furthermore, the richly carved chest at the right supports Chinese vases and Japanese lacquered boxes, a reference to the flourishing Dutch trade with Asia. Music making often took place at home, and its appearance here also signifies the harmoniousness of the family.
Inscriptions
Signed lower left: "P D HOOCH/ 63"
Provenance
James A. Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, First Baron Wharncliffe (1776-1845), 1833; John Smith, London; William Theobald, London, 1842 (sale: Christies’s, London, May 10, 1851, no. 76); private collection, Yorkshire; E. E. Cook, Bath; [Scott & Fowles, New York], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1951.
Exhibition history
Dutch Painting, The Golden Age. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 5-February 27, 1955). Old Masters from American Collections. Newark Museum, Newark, NJ (organizer) (November 20, 1955-January 2, 1956). 25th Anniversary Exhibition. Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (organizer) (November 29, 1956-January 2, 1957). In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). Paintings of 17th Century Dutch Interiors. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (organizer) (November 30, 1967-January 7, 1968). Dutch Art and Life in the Seventeenth Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (July 10-September 2, 1973). Lutes, Lovers, and Lyres: Musical Imagery in the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 14-June 11, 1989). Hollandse Meesters uit Ametrika (Great Dutch Paintings in America). Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands (co-organizer) (September 25, 1990-January 13, 1991); The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (co-organizer) (February 16-May 5, 1991). Delft Masters: Vermeer's Contemporaries. Museum Prinsenhof Delft (organizer) (March 1-June 2, 1996). Pieter de Hooch. Dulwich Picture Gallery, London , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (August 26-November 15, 1998); Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (organizer) (December 20, 1998-March 14, 1999). Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH (March 29-July 8, 2007). Asia in Amsterdam. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (organizer) (October 17, 2015-January 17, 2016). Pieter de Hooch in Delft: From the Shadow of Vermeer. Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Delft, Netherlands (organizer) (October 11, 2019-February 16, 2020).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629–1684)
- Date
- 1663
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 124.5 x 142.5 x 7 cm (49 x 56 1/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 98.7 x 116.7 cm (38 7/8 x 45 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Accession no.
- 1951.355
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