# Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard

- By: Pieter de Hooch (Rotterdam, 1629–in o)
- Date: 1663
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 70 cm x width 75.5 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-1191--50874e6f82c7190c896320bf39c7f4c9)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/NYvCK/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The sun lights up the canal houses outside, while in the darker interior a girl plays ‘kolf,’ a kind of hockey. Two women stack freshly pressed linen in a closet. The linen cupboard had an important place in the home. The lady of the house carried its key with her and ‘handed out the sheets’: she called the shots and was in charge of the household.