The Bedroom
Über das Gemälde
The Bedroom (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 National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., United States.
The painting was documented in 1910 by Hofstede de Groot, who wrote:78. THE BEDROOM. Sm. 29, 55. This picture is similar in
all respects to the picture at Karlsruhe (72), except that the little mirror hanging at the side of the bed has no ornament at the top and bottom.
It has every sign of authenticity. Canvas, 20 inches by 23 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 71.
Sales:
S. J. Stinstra, in Amsterdam, May 22, 1822, No. 86 (25 florins, De Vries).
Lord Radstock, at Christie's, in London, 1826 (70 guineas); 1827 (bought in at 150).
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Said by Smith (in 1833) and by Waagen to be in the collection of Lord Stafford, but not mentioned in the book on this collection which is still at Bridgewater House.
Sales. Amsterdam, April 24, 1838 (3311 florins, Brondgeest).
E. P. Cremer, in Middelburg, May 17, 1847, No. 8. Field, London, 1856 (^43: is.).
C. Scarisbrick, in London, May 1861 (441, F. N.).
Adrian Hope, in London, June 30, 1894, No. 32 (2257: 10s., C. Wertheimer).
In the 1898 catalogue of 300 paintings of the dealer Sedelmeyer of Paris, No. 70.
It is now in the collection of P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia. Probably a second version of Mr. Widener's picture was included in the above-mentioned sales, for it is impossible that the picture was first in Holland, then in England, then in Holland again, and finally in England. This second version was not the picture at Karlsruhe, which, according to the director of that gallery, was in the possession of the Baden reigning house in the eighteenth century. Possibly it was an old copy which was in the hands of a London dealer about the year 1900. [Compare also the small picture in the Munro sale (86 and 84).]
Derweil im Leben von Pieter de Hooch
Das ganze Leben1655–1660 · Wirkungsort
Delft
14 November 1656
His daughter Anna is born
His daughter Anna was born in Delft. After the birth of his first children in the mid-1650s, De Hooch turned from soldier scenes to domestic scenes — possibly of his own family.
c. 1660
Moves to Amsterdam
The move is inferred from the fact that the painter's wife attended a baptism in Amsterdam in 1660. In the 1660s De Hooch began painting for wealthy Amsterdam patrons enriched by trade and the stock exchange in a time of unrivalled prosperity.
1660–1679 · Wirkungsort
Amsterdam
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