- Artist
- Pieter de Hooch
- Year
- ca. 1663–1665
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- height 60 cm x width 45.7 cm
Pieter de Hooch captures a tranquil domestic scene in a Dutch courtyard, with figures gathered near a brick house bathed in warm afternoon light. De Hooch’s mastery of architectural perspective and his delicate treatment of light filtering through the courtyard demonstrate why he is considered one of the great masters of Dutch genre painting alongside Vermeer.