Date : near 1658
Dimensions : 65 cm x 74 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : Bought with the collection of Sir Robert Peel (1871)
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Flemish and Northern Painting
Painting (Scène extérieure)
Area related
Neitherlands
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The compelling illusion of space here attests to De Hooch's famous command of perspective, and his handling of light and atmosphere. Above the fireplace there is a painting showing the Education of the Virgin. This is perhaps a moralizing comment on the worldly diversions of the people in the room.
Signed on the table at the extreme left: P D H.
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