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Detail from Vermeer's Music Lesson
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PIETER DE HOOCH (ROTTERDAM 1629-AMSTERDAM 1684)

Cardplayers in a sunlit Room

RCIN 405951

The subject here is that of Steen’s Card Players (cat. 23) gone slightly up-market. Both artists paint the textures of simple interiors with skill and relish; what distinguishes de Hooch is the depth and precision of his perspective and the effect of light flooding the scene from the back. Acquired by George IV in 1825 Cat. 6

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