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A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard

Painting by Pieter de Hooch

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.

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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.[1] 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.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    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
  2. [2]
    entry 297 for Courtyard with a Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in Hofstede de Groot, 1908
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