''A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard'' (1658–1660) is an
oil
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-on-canvas painting by the
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painter
Pieter de Hooch
Pieter de Hooch (, also spelled "Hoogh" or "Hooghe"; 20 December 1629 (baptized) – 24 March 1684 (buried)) was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of ...
. It is an example of
Dutch Golden Age painting
Dutch Golden Age painting is the painting of the Dutch Golden Age, a period in Dutch history roughly spanning the 17th century, during and after the later part of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) for Dutch independence.
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and is part of the collection of the
Mauritshuis
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.
Description
The painting was documented by
Hofstede de Groot
Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (9 November 1863 – 14 April 1930), was a Dutch art collector, art historian and museum curator.
Life
He was born in Dwingeloo and spent some time in Switzerland in his youth due to weak lungs, where he learned Germa ...
in 1910, who wrote:
297. COURTYARD WITH A MAN SMOKING AND A WOMAN DRINKING. Sm.
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Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.
Early life and education
Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a ...
30; de G. 56. This picture corresponds precisely to the Rothschild picture (295), except that the figure of the second man is here absent. It is an excellent work. Canvas, 30 1/2 inches by 25 1/2 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Supplement, p. 131).
Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871 and 1888, No. 35; at the London Guildhall, 1892; and at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1900.
* Sold by Smith in 1822 (for 300).
* In the collection of W. Wells of Redleaf in 1833 (Sm.).
* Sale.– W. Wells, London, May 12, 1848 (.540: 155., Farrer).
* In Lord Overstone
Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone (25 September 1796 – 17 November 1883) was a British banker and politician.
Background and education
Loyd was the only son of the Rev. Lewis Loyd and Sarah, daughter of John Jones, a Manchester banker. H ...
's collection in 1857 (Waagen).
Now n 1908in the collection of Lady Wantage
Harriet Sarah Loyd-Lindsay (née Jones-Loyd), Baroness Wantage (30 June 1837 – 9 August 1920), was a British art collector and benefactor.
She was the sole heiress to the fortune of her parents Harriet Wright and Samuel Jones-Loyd, 1st Baron ...
, London, No. 108 in the 1902 catalogue.entry 297 for Courtyard with a Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking
in Hofstede de Groot, 1908
See also
*
List of paintings by Pieter de Hooch
The following is an incomplete list of paintings by Pieter de Hooch that are generally accepted as autograph by Peter C. Sutton and other sources. The list is more or less in order of creation, starting from around 1648 when Pieter de Hooch began ...
References
External links
Man, vrouw en kind op een binnenplaats, in het verschiet de toren van de Nieuwe Kerk van Delftin the
RKD
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1650s paintings
Paintings by Pieter de Hooch
Food and drink paintings
Paintings in the Mauritshuis
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