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Courtyard with an Arbour
Courtyard with an Arbour (1658–1660) 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 a private collection. It was sold in 1992 for almost seven million dollars.
History.
This painting by Hooch was first documented by John Smith in 1833, who wrote; "47. A View in the Back Court of a House, looking towards a building, which has a lofty arched passage through it
seen in contempraneous works including "A Woman Drinking with Two Men" (1658), and the woman in black and red can be seen in "A Boy Bringing Bread" (1663). A similar composition with the same doorway can be seen in the "Courtyard with an Arbour", also dated 1658, which sold at Christie's in London in December 1992 for £4.4 million.
There are some subtle effects that are at variance with the overall impression of harmony. The brickwork of the wall on the