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de Hooch was born in Rotterdam, son 2 a bricklayer & midwife. He was believed to have studied under Nicolaes Berchem. From 1650 he was under the patronage of a merchant & travelled to The Hague, Leiden & Delft. Soldier (c1650) & Woman with Basket (1651) & Man Offering Wine (1653)
If you ever wondered what it was like to travel down a Dutch canal in a horse-drawn "trekschuit", this drawing gives you a pretty good idea, even though it dates about 100 years after Vermeer painted his View of Delft. Rather crowded!
Hot off the Press Major #exhibition announced for 2019. Pieter de Hooch @HetPrinsenhof #Delft. The master comes home after 400 years with a huge celebration of his works in the Rembrandt & The Dutch Golden Age year. Woman and Child in a bleaching ground Delft Private Collection