100 Great Artists

PIETER DE HOOCH

1629

164 S(!)

B()rn in

Rotunltrm, "'" if'

a bricH'Y"-muJ a

mith::ifi

Studi" in

Haarlnll untkr

B.,.rot71f and

Ocb"n.~1t

165:2 ,\I",.,.,. to IJ<lfi,

,""n FDhritiw

and Iffm,"

1 6H m ... .hllf pain""

and 1<n'llfIt '"

linm ,"ffroant

Just"''''/''

CranK'

16 5:4 Mamndaug/t,"
of a marUr [aim"
(potury) ","hr

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1667 IRa,boi.:'!'

1684 Di" in an i1Wl<u

"ryln", in

AnfJuniam

AMus;",,1 p.~rty (1m)

A ",phi";,ilud inuri..; pai"u" darkly during til< artin', Am,un/am p<rioJ,

and binting at tb. d«lilU of 'b.IlJjIl"'" d""," inm tlU!&JY ",'wa'''ga''''

7],,,. j, pambJy """' ir",um;J(J "uaeb,d to tb. "1''''-"'ing ofj,=l to ,b,

t:.",nllfl in rd

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<"'I''''''''CJl.h-<'rtltW)' rusnll"<:rS of Dutch

ani,ts (':1,,11: from th<: mcr-ch:.nt cbs:;es,

IBllilc o,her Eur<"C1n ""unrr;", ",hrn::

church .nd aristnc.-:>t)' ,..c", "ill tho: ",ai'.

I"tn'n<. T his meant Outrh I"intcts ",crt: he 'n

ch<-.,,,, an}' germ:: _ suth '" 1 ... ·tr1irun: ,. still ~k:

• ~"thell""h'cs.
  Piete, de Ilo()"h'; best genre work "' .. s
  aca",~lli'hal " .. tlr in his ca ",,::r, in Delft ",hen:
  he IlK~ F>hritius (a pupil of Rembr.ntlt) and
  Vermeer. G il'en that Delft waS the
  ",anu&Cturing cent'" nfhigh qu:l.~tr len",s, it is
  likclr th. t all thn:" ",,,!c uSC of • t""hn<~ogr So

al",c"';endr to hand. l -""",<s 3SSocja",d ",ith

tho: Dutch sch()<~ _ nlwn liew; .nd dom",ti"

inte,iors _ gal'C sa'pe ~" ""periments in

IlCrSl",cri,,: and ''1,ruducing l'arious ,urf.c<:s.

"'pan fn'm the well_tried "',"""a """ura (set:

lug<: 198). then: w<"t" magnifying and ",luting

len«:s, .nd ",ilTorS, anr of which could be

...."pl,'),,,d in rend<"ting ",cD"",· hrickw" .. k, tilal

""utlj'1rds, and rdlccri()f)s in gbss ,. "', .... 1.

Iksidcs technical I" ofi"ien<y, dt: Hooch's

gift lar in his " ."nsitil'itr nl hu",an n:btinn,hil"

and eSI",,,i.llr, 'tho«: silent Ill<Hl'cntS

",hcn ... «Ultin.,s an: rriggt:n:d by ..• gCStun:, •