# Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House

- By: Pieter de Hooch (Rotterdam, 1629–in o)
- Date: 1670
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 68 cm x width 59 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-C-147--4e3ade8bd905ea05d23828f81cc8bda2)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/YEDXA/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.