Pieter de HoochDutch, 1629–1684Paying the Hostess
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Yes, on view now
Where is “Paying the Hostess” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 614, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.
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- Accession number
- 58.144
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In the life of Pieter de Hooch
The whole life1660–1679 · Workplace
Amsterdam
May 1668
Moves to the Konijnenstraat
In time De Hooch found well-to-do clients and business went fairly well, and he moved with his family to the prestigious Konijnenstraat in the Jordaan, where he stayed for at least two years.
1672
The Rampjaar: war with France
The war with France in 1672 — the Rampjaar, the 'disaster year' — sharply worsened the country's economy, and paintings sold poorly. That same year De Hooch's third son was baptised.
