Pieter de Hooch, 1657 - The Visit - fine art print

Original artwork information as provided from the museum (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)

De Hooch situated this scene in a voorhuis, the street-facing room in a narrow Dutch row house that received the best light. The placement of the window and construction of the space reveal the close dialogue that De Hooch had with Vermeer at the time. But elements such as the plate of aphrodisiac oysters and canopied bed suggest that De Hooch most likely intended this particular scene to represent a brothel rather than a respectable home.

Background information on the over 360 years old artwork

In the year 1657 Pieter de Hooch made the classic art painting. The original measures the size: 26 3/4 x 23 in (67,9 x 58,4 cm) and was painted with the medium oil on wood. Today, the work of art can be viewed in in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital collection. We are delighted to reference that this artpiece, which is in the public domain is supplied with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. : H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Besides this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Pieter de Hooch was a male painter from the Netherlands, whose style can be attributed mainly to Baroque. The European artist lived for 55 years, born in the year 1629 in Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands and passed away in 1684.

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