The Visit, ca. 1657, Oil on wood, 26 3/4 x 23 in. (67.9 x 58.4 cm), Paintings, Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, Rotterdam 1629–1684 Amsterdam), Two women of uncertain reputation entertain visiting gentlemen. While rich in shadowy effects, this picture is one of the first in which De Hooch employed linear perspective to construct a realistic interior space (the bed, however, is underscaled)
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Visit, ca, 1657, Oil, wood, 26 3/4 x 23, 67.9 58.4 cm, Paintings, Pieter de Hooch, Dutch, Rotterdam, 1629–1684, Amsterdam, Two women, uncertain reputation, entertain, visiting, gentlemen, rich, shadowy effects, picture, first, De, employed, linear, perspective, construct, realistic interior, space, bed, underscaled
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