Pieter de Hooch, 1663 - Figures in a Courtyard behind a House - fine art print

Things you should know about the more than 350 years old work of art

The 17th century painting Figures in a Courtyard behind a House was created by the male artist Pieter de Hooch. Nowadays, the piece of art belongs to the Rijksmuseum's art collection, which is the largest museum for Dutch art and history from the Middle Ages to the present day. The classic art public domain artwork is included with courtesy of Rijksmuseum.: . Further, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has a side ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter Pieter de Hooch was an artist from the Netherlands, whose art style was mainly Baroque. The artist was born in the year 1629 in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands and deceased at the age of 55 in 1684.

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What does the curator team of the Rijksmuseum write about the 17th century artwork from the painter Pieter de Hooch? (© - Rijksmuseum - www.rijksmuseum.nl)

In his Delft period, De Hooch turned to a new subject, namely brightly lit figures in a back garden. The people depicted in this scene seem somewhat out of place and could just as easily be found in a dimly lit tavern. Seduction is in the air. The galant (or suitor) casts a flirtatious glance at the girl squeezing the juice of a lemon into her glass.