Pieter de Hooch

Like his contemporary Johannes Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch was an eminent figure of The Dutch Golden Age. De Hooch’s early work usually subjected peasants and soldiers in taverns or stables, but after he married and had children, he switch to painting domestic interiors, often of women and children performing daily tasks. Characteristic of a Dutch Golden Age painter, de Hooch was an expert at capturing mundane yet emotionally telling moments as well as subtle indicators of personal and familiar relationships.