A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard

A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard (1658–1660) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Mauritshuis, in The Hague, Netherlands.

Description The painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote:297. COURTYARD WITH A MAN SMOKING AND A WOMAN DRINKING. Sm. 30; de G. 56.Comparative table of catalog entries between John Smith's first Catalogue raisonné of Hooch and Hofstede de Groot's first list of Hooch paintings published in Oud Holland 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's collection in 1857 (Waagen).

Now [in 1908] in the collection of Lady Wantage, 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

References

External links Man, vrouw en kind op een binnenplaats, in het verschiet de toren van de Nieuwe Kerk van Delft in the RKD