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Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House
The door and window of this entrance hall in an Amsterdam canal house are wide open. Daylight falls on a young woman receiving a letter. Pieter de Hooch cleverly linked the interior with the exterior. Our gaze moves past the little dog to the canal, on the opposite side of which two men converse and a woman at a
window looks towards us. The gateway seen through the right window affords an even mor…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46E221
- http://iconclass.org/41A2
- http://iconclass.org/25I145
- http://iconclass.org/46C1463
- http://iconclass.org/42A5
- http://iconclass.org/41A3211
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/46E221
- http://iconclass.org/41A2
- http://iconclass.org/25I145
- http://iconclass.org/46C1463
- http://iconclass.org/42A5
- http://iconclass.org/41A3211
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Medium
- On loan from the City of Amsterdam (A. van der Hoop Bequest)
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1670
- 1670
Place-Time
- third quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.8771
- SK-C-147
Extent
- height 68 cm
- width 59 cm
Format
- canvas
- oil paint (paint)
- Canvas
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Year
- 1670
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:17:40.490Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:38:21.198Z