A Musical Conversation
Artist
Pieter de Hooch
(Dutch, 1629 - 1684)
Date1674
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 47 1/2 × 54 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (120.7 × 138.4 × 13.3 cm)
Painting?: 38 5/8 × 45 1/4 in. (98.1 × 114.9 cm)
Painting?: 38 5/8 × 45 1/4 in. (98.1 × 114.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchase, 1971 (3798.1)
Object number3798.1
DescriptionInterior of Dutch room with woman holding ‘cello seated off-center left, dressed in white satin with tight bodice and full skirt, trimmed with bands of pink and gold braid. At her left and on the other side of a table covered with a heavy red cloth, a man sits playing a mandolin. Below stands a dog. At left of painting there is a second seated woman in a similar style dress of rose and pale yellow, who holds an open book and is resting her arm on the sill of an open window. A man, wearing a wide-brimmed hat is looking over her shoulder. At right center there is a view of an open courtyard with 3 approaching figures.On View
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