Tavern scene with maid trying to fill the glass of a cavalier (The Empty Glass)
Pieter de Hooch
Pieter de Hooch was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary of Jan Vermeer in the Delft Guild of St. Luke, with whom his work shares themes and style.
Max Resolution:1050×1304 PX
Title:Tavern scene with maid trying to fill the glass of a cavalier (The Empty Glass)
Artists:Pieter de Hooch
Date:c.1652
Style:Baroque
Genre:genre painting
Medium:oil,panel
Location:Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Dimensions:46×37 cm
Copyright:Public domain
The Empty Glass (c. 1652) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.
This painting was documented as a work by Gabriel Metsu by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; "204b. A Woman handing a Glass of Wine to an Officer. Sm. 85. A woman hands a glass of wine to an officer. Two persons are playing cards, while a third looks on. Panel, 17 1/2 inches by 14 inches. Described by Descamps (vol. ii.).
Sales. Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 106.
This scene is very similar to other paintings De Hooch made in this period:
This painting was documented as a work by Gabriel Metsu by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; "204b. A Woman handing a Glass of Wine to an Officer. Sm. 85. A woman hands a glass of wine to an officer. Two persons are playing cards, while a third looks on. Panel, 17 1/2 inches by 14 inches. Described by Descamps (vol. ii.).
Sales. Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 106.
This scene is very similar to other paintings De Hooch made in this period: