Where can you see Pieter de Hooch in Amsterdam?

At the Rijksmuseum: Woman with a Child in a Pantry, Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard and A Mother's Duty. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Pieter de Hooch's most famous work in Amsterdam?

Woman with a Child in a Pantry, of about 1656 to 1660, at the Rijksmuseum. A woman hands a jug to a small girl at the door of a pantry, with rooms opening behind them to a window full of light.

When and where was Pieter de Hooch born?

Baptised 20 December 1629, at Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. Pieter de Hooch died buried 24 March 1684, at Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, aged about 55.

What is Pieter de Hooch known for?

Worked in Delft in the same years as Vermeer. Painted views through one room into the next. The Rijksmuseum has several of his best interiors. Pieter de Hooch was a Dutch painter, of the Dutch Golden Age.

Painter, 1629 to 1684

Pieter de Hooch

Pieter de Hooch painted the ordinary order of a Dutch house: a mother combing a child's hair, a maid at the linen cupboard, a door open on to a sunny street. He was working in Delft at the same time as Vermeer, and the two are often compared.

Born: 1629, Rotterdam, Dutch Republic
Died: 1684, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic
Movement: Dutch Golden Age
In Amsterdam: 3 works in 1 museum

Where to see Pieter de Hooch in Amsterdam

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Rijksmuseum3 works

Woman with a Child in a Pantry
about 1656 to 1660
A woman hands a jug to a small girl at the door of a pantry, with rooms opening behind them to a window full of light.
Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard
1663
Two women put away the household linen while a girl plays with a stick and ball, and the front door stands open on the street.
A Mother's Duty
about 1658 to 1660
A mother combs her child's hair for lice in a quiet room, with sunlight falling through a door at the back.

The life of Pieter de Hooch

De Hooch was born in Rotterdam and settled in Delft in the 1650s, where he painted his best-known courtyards and interiors, with views through doorways into further rooms and on to the street.

Around 1660 he moved to Amsterdam, where his rooms became grander and his patrons richer. He died there in 1684.

What to know

Worked in Delft in the same years as Vermeer
Painted views through one room into the next
The Rijksmuseum has several of his best interiors

Born: Baptised 20 December 1629, Rotterdam, Dutch Republic
Died: Buried 24 March 1684, Amsterdam, Dutch Republic

Pieter de Hooch: common questions

Where can you see Pieter de Hooch in Amsterdam?: At the Rijksmuseum: Woman with a Child in a Pantry, Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard and A Mother's Duty. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Pieter de Hooch's most famous work in Amsterdam?: Woman with a Child in a Pantry, of about 1656 to 1660, at the Rijksmuseum. A woman hands a jug to a small girl at the door of a pantry, with rooms opening behind them to a window full of light.
When and where was Pieter de Hooch born?: Baptised 20 December 1629, at Rotterdam, Dutch Republic. Pieter de Hooch died buried 24 March 1684, at Amsterdam, Dutch Republic, aged about 55.
What is Pieter de Hooch known for?: Worked in Delft in the same years as Vermeer. Painted views through one room into the next. The Rijksmuseum has several of his best interiors. Pieter de Hooch was a Dutch painter, of the Dutch Golden Age.