A Woman Feeding Her Child and Paying a Servant
ca. 1675 - 1680
oil on canvas
22 7/8 x 22 3/4 in. (58.1 x 57.79 cm)
Pieter de Hooch
(Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1629 - 1684, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
CULTURE OR GROUP:
Dutch
OBJECT TYPE:
oil paintings (visual works)
IMAGE USE:
Open Access Image
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NOT CURRENTLY ON VIEW
CREDIT LINE:
Gift of Merle J. and Emily N. Trees
OBJECT NUMBER:
1942-1-2
PERMALINK:
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WWII Provenance Project
Provenance:
1930, Dr. Kurt Erasmus (Berlin and Geldern bei Haarlem, NL) (dealer); 1931, Leo Blumenreich (Berlin, 1884–1932) (dealer); around 1936, Merle J. Trees (Chicago, 1883–1954) [1]; 1942, University of Illinois, by gift from Merle J. and Emily N. Trees.
Notes:
[1] In 1936, Robert B. Harshe, director of the Art Institute of Chicago, made inquiries into the authorship of letters of expertise concerning the painting from W.R. Valentiner in Berlin and Robert Eigenberger in Vienna. Harshe may have been acting on behalf of AIC or as a consultant for Trees.
Last Updated: 12/11/2018
DIMENSIONS
- primary object, canvas: 14 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. (37.15 x 38.42 cm)