Pieter de HoochDutch, 1629–1684A Dutch Courtyard
Can I see it?
Yes, on view now
Where is “A Dutch Courtyard” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 50 · West Building, Main Floor, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked October 12, 2026.
Closed· opens tomorrow at 10:00 AM
On public display.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
A Dutch Courtyard (1658–1660) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Pieter de Hooch. The original resides in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. A later, altered replica also exists, part of the collection of the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague.
Details
- Accession number
- 1937.1.56
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- National Gallery of Art
- Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access
In the life of Pieter de Hooch
The whole life1655–1660 · Workplace
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 · Workplace
Amsterdam
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