Lady and her Cook [SEP] collection
Lady and her Cook
Lady and her Cook (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 part of the collection of the Hermitage Museum.
This painting by Hooch was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; "41. LADY AND HER COOK. Sm. Suppl. 3. ; de G. 75. In the middle of the little fore-court, paved with blue and white tiles, of
World War II. A was added in 1885 for the very important family art collection. The house was damaged by bombing in the Second World War and the 4th baronet moved to Jersey with 30 paintings from the collection.
The first Lady Cook, the American suffragist Tennessee Claflin, was mistress of Doughty House from 1885 until her death. In 1870, she became the first woman, along with her sister Victoria Woodhull, to open a Wall Street brokerage firm.
Doughty House was sold in 2013 to ultra-prime