Pieter de Hooch House in the Country 166S
c.
on canvas, 24 x 18'/2 in. (61 x 47 cm) oil
Bjiksmuseum, Amsterdam
Bourgeois interiors
predominate oeuvre, 1
luit
in
de Hooch's
there
ver\ pleasing
is
also
group
of works depicting exteriors. As always the is slow and serene, never hasty or dramatic
action
De Hooch
depicts peaceful
episodes such as this one,
where, taking advantage of the Hue weather, a man and woman are taking
some refreshment a table in the
ot a It
is
house
at
garden
in the country.
not a luxurious
mansion, but the kind ol place
where
a well-off
middle-class family would
go
for a trip or to
a vacation.
spend
Every detail
alludes to the small
decorous, justified pleasures of a break
from work or domestic chores.
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