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Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House
Also titled Het aanreiken van een brief in het voorhuis
Pieter de Hooch (Rotterdam, 1629–in o)
1670
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 68 cm x width 59 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
All the windows and doors of this canal house are open. Daylight falls on the lady of the house, who is receiving a letter. With lighting effects and figures, De Hooch leads our gaze outside. We follow the dog to the canal and to a child playing with a whip, and beyond towards the sunny street on the opposite side. The view continues through the gate on the right.
