Young Woman with a Letter and a Messenger in an Interior

Painting by Pieter de Hooch

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Young Woman with a Letter and a Messenger in an Interior

Artist	Pieter de Hooch
Year	1670
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	68 cm × 59 cm (27 in × 23 in)
Location	Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Young Woman with a Letter and a Messenger in an Interior (1670) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is part of the collection of the Rijksmuseum, in Amsterdam.

This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote:

173. YOUNG LADY IN A VESTIBULE RECEIVING A LETTER. Sm. 51, Suppl. 22; de G. 7. A lady, wearing a light blue jacket and a red skirt, sits in the farther right-hand corner of a vestibule paved with tiles. A dog lies on her lap; a bigger dog stands to the left. Through a door on the right a man-servant, hat in hand, enters with a letter. The scene is lighted from a window and from the street-door on the left, outside of which stands a child with a whip. Through the door are seen the trees by the canal and the sunlit houses on the other side of the street, which is the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam. Signed "P d' hooch f. 1670"; canvas, 27 inches by 23 1/2 inches. A picture of similar dimensions was sold at the Leers sale (201), but this may be the picture formerly in the Hope collection in London (195).
Sales:

(Possibly) J. Caudri, Amsterdam, September 6, 1809, No. 24 (31 florins, Dupre); but this only measured 22 inches by 20-3 inches.

Madame Camper, Leyden, 1827 (bought in at 4000 florins).

Meijnders, 1838 (3311 florins).

Afterwards in the Van der Hoop collection, No. 50 in the 1876 catalogue.
Now in the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam, Van der Hoop bequest; No. 1249 in the 1905 catalogue (formerly No. 682).

References

^ Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis (1908). A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century based on the work of John Smith. Translated and edited by Edward G. Hawke. Translated by Hawke, Edward G. London: Macmillan.

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Paintings	List of paintings The Empty Glass (c. 1652) A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable (c. 1655) Two Soldiers and a Serving Woman with a Trumpeter (c. 1650–1655) A Woman and Two Men in an Arbour (1657) Merry Company with Two Men and Two Women (c. 1657) Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room (1658) The Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658) The Golf Players (1658) A Woman Drinking with Two Men (1658) A Woman with a Child in a Pantry (c. 1658) The Bedroom (Karlsruhe) (1658–1660) The Bedroom (Widener Collection) (1658–1660) Courtyard with an Arbour (1658–1660) A Dutch Courtyard (1658–1660) Group Portrait of an Unknown Family or Company (1658–1660) A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard (1658–1660) A Mother's Duty (1658–1660) Lady and Her Cook (c. 1660) A Woman with a Basket of Beans in a Garden (c. 1651–1661) Interior with a Woman Weighing Gold Coin (1659–1662) Interior with a Young Couple and a Dog (1662) Two Women Beside a Linen Chest, with a Child (1663) A Boy Bringing Bread (c. 1663) A Woman Peeling Apples (c. 1663) A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy (1660–1663) Woman Lacing Her Bodice Beside a Cradle (c. 1660–1663) Card Players in a Rich Interior (c. 1663–1665) Company in a Courtyard Behind a House (c. 1663–1665) The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall (c. 1663–1665) Going for a Walk in the Amsterdam Town Hall (c. 1663–1665) Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting (c. 1663–1665) Musical Party in a Hall (c. 1663–1665) Mother with a Child and a Chambermaid (1665–1668) Interior with a Mother Close to a Cradle (c. 1664–1670) The Maidservant (c. 1667–1670) Young Woman with a Letter and a Messenger in an Interior (1670) Interior of a Kitchen with a Woman, a Child and a Maid (c. 1668–1672) Interior with a Child Feeding a Parrot (c. 1668–1672) Teaching a Child to Walk (c. 1668–1672) Woman Giving Money to a Servant-Girl (c. 1668–1672) Interior with a Man Reading a Letter and a Woman Sewing (c. 1670–1674)
Related	Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (master) Dutch Golden Age painting

Pieter de Hooch

Paintings

List of paintings
The Empty Glass (c. 1652)
A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable (c. 1655)
Two Soldiers and a Serving Woman with a Trumpeter (c. 1650–1655)
A Woman and Two Men in an Arbour (1657)
Merry Company with Two Men and Two Women (c. 1657)
Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room (1658)
The Courtyard of a House in Delft (1658)
The Golf Players (1658)
A Woman Drinking with Two Men (1658)
A Woman with a Child in a Pantry (c. 1658)
The Bedroom (Karlsruhe) (1658–1660)
The Bedroom (Widener Collection) (1658–1660)
Courtyard with an Arbour (1658–1660)
A Dutch Courtyard (1658–1660)
Group Portrait of an Unknown Family or Company (1658–1660)
A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard (1658–1660)
A Mother's Duty (1658–1660)
Lady and Her Cook (c. 1660)
A Woman with a Basket of Beans in a Garden (c. 1651–1661)
Interior with a Woman Weighing Gold Coin (1659–1662)
Interior with a Young Couple and a Dog (1662)
Two Women Beside a Linen Chest, with a Child (1663)
A Boy Bringing Bread (c. 1663)
A Woman Peeling Apples (c. 1663)
A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy (1660–1663)
Woman Lacing Her Bodice Beside a Cradle (c. 1660–1663)
Card Players in a Rich Interior (c. 1663–1665)
Company in a Courtyard Behind a House (c. 1663–1665)
The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall (c. 1663–1665)
Going for a Walk in the Amsterdam Town Hall (c. 1663–1665)
Leisure Time in an Elegant Setting (c. 1663–1665)
Musical Party in a Hall (c. 1663–1665)
Mother with a Child and a Chambermaid (1665–1668)
Interior with a Mother Close to a Cradle (c. 1664–1670)
The Maidservant (c. 1667–1670)
Young Woman with a Letter and a Messenger in an Interior (1670)
Interior of a Kitchen with a Woman, a Child and a Maid (c. 1668–1672)
Interior with a Child Feeding a Parrot (c. 1668–1672)
Teaching a Child to Walk (c. 1668–1672)
Woman Giving Money to a Servant-Girl (c. 1668–1672)
Interior with a Man Reading a Letter and a Woman Sewing (c. 1670–1674)

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (master)
Dutch Golden Age painting

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