Musical Party in a Courtyard (1677)

Pieter de Hooch (pronounced [hoːx], also spelled "Hoogh" or "Hooghe") (baptized December 20, 1629 – 1684) was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a contemporary of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, with whom his work shared themes and style. Download high resolution version (624x765, 76 KB)Musical Party in a Courtyard by Pieter de Hooch The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100... Download high resolution version (624x765, 76 KB)Musical Party in a Courtyard by Pieter de Hooch The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 4 - Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, and street scenes. ... Rembrandt The Nightwatch (1642) The Golden Age (1584-1702) was a period in Dutch history, roughly spanning the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science, and art were among the most acclaimed in the world. ... View of Delft, 1660-1661 Johannes Vermeer (1632 - December 15, 1675) was a Dutch painter. ...

Biography

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. Nickname: Motto: Sterker door strijd (Stronger through Struggle) Location of Rotterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province South Holland Government  - Mayor Ivo Opstelten  - Aldermen Jeannette Baljeu Hamit Karakus Orhan Kaya Lucas Bolsius Jantine Kriens Dominic Schrijer Roelf de Boer Leonard Geluk Area [1]  - City 319 km²  (123. ... A bricklayer or mason is a tradesman who lays bricks to construct brickwork. ... // Midwifery is the term traditionally used to describe the art of assisting a woman through childbirth. ... Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province North Holland Area (2006)  - Municipality 32. ... A Southern Harbour Scene by Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1 October 1620 - 18 February 1683) was a popular and prolific Dutch painter. ... Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006)  - Municipality 98. ... Leyden redirects here. ... Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province South Holland Area (2006)  - Municipality 24. ...

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. Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... Self-portrait by Fabritius(1654) Carel Fabritius (1622-1654) was a Dutch painter and one of Rembrandts most gifted pupils. ... Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes (1656) Oil on canvas, 135 x 105 cm. ... Jan Gossaert, , c. ... Events March 25 - Saturns largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens. ... Nickname: Motto: Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig (Valiant, Determined, Compassionate) Location of Amsterdam Coordinates: Country Netherlands Province North Holland Government  - Mayor Job Cohen (PvdA)  - Aldermen Lodewijk Asscher Hennah Buyne Carolien Gehrels Tjeerd Herrema Maarten van Poelgeest Marijke Vos  - Secretary Erik Gerritsen Area [1][2]  - City 219 km²  (84. ... 1661 (MDCLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

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. A cube in two-point perspective. ... Significant Events and Trends World Leaders King Frederick III of Denmark (1648 - 1670). ... This article is about the academic discipline of art history. ...

Though he began to paint for wealthier patrons in Amsterdam, he lived in the poorest areas of the city. Around this time, de Hooch's painting style became coarser and darker in color, and his simple domestic scenes were replaced by highly-decorated images set in palatial halls and country villas. Most scholars believe that de Hooch's work after around 1670 became more stylized and deteriorated in quality. It has been surmised that this was in part due to deteriorating health; de Hooch died in 1684 in an Amsterdam insane asylum, though how he came to be there is unrecorded. 1670 was a common year beginning on a Saturday in countries using the Julian calendar and a Wednesday in countries using the Gregorian calendar. ... Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ...

Works

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• Bedroom, The - c.1658-60 (canvas), in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
• Boy Handing a Woman a Basket in a Doorway, A - c.1660-63 (canvas)
• Card Players - 1658 (canvas), in the Royal Collection, Windsor
• Card Players in an Opulent Interior - 1663-1665 (canvas), in the Louvre, Paris [1]
• Card Players at a Table - c.1670-74 (canvas)
• Children in a Doorway, with 'Colf' Sticks - c.1658-60 (panel)
• Couple in the Morning - 1665 (canvas)
• Couple with a Parrot - c.1675 (canvas), in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
• A Couple with Musicians in a Hall - 1663-65 (canvas)
• A Couple Walking in the Citizens' Hall of Amsterdam Town Hall - c.1663-65 (canvas)
• Courtyard of a Dutch House - 1658 (Oil)
• The Courtyard of a House in Delft - 1658 (canvas), in the National Gallery, London [2]
• Courtyard with Lady and Serving Maid - c.1660-63 (canvas)
• Family Portrait on a Terrace - 1667 (canvas)
• Figures Drinking in a Courtyard - 1658 (Canvas on panel)
• Game of Skittles - c.1665 (Oil)
• Garden Scene with Woman Holding a Glass of Wine, and a Child - c.1658-60
• Guardroom with Smiling Officer, Fluteplayer, and Soldiers - ???? (panel)
• Interior of a Dutch House - c.1658 (Oil)
• Interior of the Burgomasters' Council Chamber in the Amsterdam Town Hall, with Visitors - c.1663-65 (canvas)
• Interior with a Young Couple - c. 1660-1665 (canvas), in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City [3]
• A Man Offering a Woman a Glass of Wine - c.1650-55 (panel)
• A Man Reading a Letter to Woman - c.1670-74 (canvas)
• A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable - c. 1655 (oil on oak), in the National Gallery, London [4]
• Merry Company - c.1663-65 (canvas)
• Merry Company with a Man and Two Women - c.1668-70 (canvas)
• A Merry Company with Two Men and Two Women - c.1657-58 (panel)
• The Merry Drinker - c.1650 (panel)
• The Minuet - ???? (canvas)
• Mother and Child with a Serving Woman Sweeping - c.1655-57 (panel)
• Mother and Child with a Serving Woman Sweeping - ???? (canvas)
• A Mother and Child with Its Head in Her Lap - c.1658-60 (canvas)
• Mother and Child with Schoolboy Descending a Stair - 1668
• Mother and Infant with Maidservant and a Child - c.1663-65 (canvas)
• Music Party in a Hall, A - c.1663-65 (canvas)
• A Musical Party in a Courtyard - 1677 (oil on canvas), in the National Gallery, London [5]
• Musical Party on a Terrace, with the Town Hall - c.1667 (canvas)
• Musical Party, A - 1674 (canvas)
• An Officer and a Woman Conversing, Soldier at the Window - c.1663-65 (canvas)
• A Party of Figures Around a Table - c.1663-65 (canvas)
• Paying the Hostess - mid-1670s (canvas), in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City [6]
• Portrait of a Family in a Courtyard in Delft - 1657-60 (Oil on canvas)
• Portrait of a Family Making Music - 1663 (canvas)
• Portrait of the Jacott-Hoppesack Family - c.1670 (canvas)
• Saint Peter Liberated from Prison - c.1650-55 (panel)
• Seated Couple with a Standing Woman in a Garden, A - c.1663-65 (canvas)
• Seated Soldier with a Standing Serving Woman, A - c.1652-55 (panel)
• Soldier with an Empty Glass and a Serving Woman, A - c.1650-55 (panel)
• Soldier, Woman, and Messenger - c.1654-57
• Soldiers and Serving Woman with Card Players - c.1665 (Oil on canvas)
• Soldiers Playing Cards - 1657-58 (panel)
• Soldiers with a Flute Player and a Serving Woman - ???? (panel)
• Sportsman and a Lady, A - 1684 (canvas)
• Standing Woman Holding an Infant, with a Woman Beside a Candle - ???? (canvas)
• Trac-Trac Players - c.1652-55 (Oil on panel)
• Two Couples Embracing - c.1673-75 (canvas)
• Two Soldiers and a Serving Woman with Trumpeter - c.1650-55 (panel)
• Two Soldiers and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard - c.1658-60 (canvas)
• Two Women and a Child in a Courtyard - c.1657-58 (Oil on panel)
• Two Women and a Man Making Music - 1667
• Two Women Beside a Linen Chest, with a Child - 1663 (canvas)
• Two Women in a Courtyard - c.1657-60 (canvas)
• Woman and a Young Man with a Letter, A - 1670 (canvas)
• Woman and Child in a Bleaching Ground, A - c.1657-59 (canvas)
• Woman and Child in an Interior - c.1658 (canvas)
• Woman and Child with a Parrot - 1673
• A Musical Conversation - 1674 Honolulu Academy of Arts
• A Woman and her Maid in a Courtyard - c. 1660-1661 (canvas), in the National Gallery, London [7]
• Woman Carrying a Bucket and Broom in a Courtyard - ???? (canvas)
• A Woman drinking with Two Men, and a Maidservant - 1658 (Oil on canvas), in the National Gallery, London [8]
• Woman Feeding a Parrot, with a Man and Serving Woman - ???? (canvas)
• Woman Lacing Her Bodice Beside a Cradle - c.1661-63 (canvas)
• Woman Nursing an Infant, with a Child and a Dog - c.1658-60 (canvas), in San Francisco
• A Woman Peeling Apples, with a Small Child - c. 1663 (canvas), in the Wallace Collection, London
• A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy - c. 1660-1663, in the Getty Center, Los Angeles [9]
• Woman Preparing Vegetables - ???? (panel)
• Woman Reading a Letter by a Window - 1664 (canvas), in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
• Woman Reading a Letter, and a Man at a Window, A - c.1668-70 (Canvas on panel)
• Woman Reading, with a Child, A - c.1660-63 (canvas)
• Woman Receiving a Letter from a Man, A - c.1668-70 (Canvas on panel)
• Woman with a Baby in Her Lap, and a Small Child, A - 1658 (panel)
• Woman with a Basket in a Garden, A - c.1651 (canvas)
• Woman with a Lute and a Man with a Flute, A - ???? (canvas)
• Woman Weighing Coins - c.1664 (canvas) Kaiser Friedrich Museum-Verein, Berlin
• Wounded Man - c.1667 (canvas)

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