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Figures in a Courtyard behind a House
Also titled Een gezelschap op de plaats achter een huis
Pieter de Hooch (Rotterdam, 1629–in o)
c. 1663 - c. 1665
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 60 cm x width 45.7 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
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
In the shelter of the shade, a woman squeezes the juice of a lemon into her glass, while her companion attempts to draw her attention. Perhaps she wants to keep a cool head: in the 17th century it was believed that lemons could calm intense infatuation. Two maidservants bustle about: one is serving drinks, while the other is scrubbing a kettle.
