The Music Party (1667). Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629-1684). Oil on canvas. Royal Collection Trust.De
The Music Party (1667). Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629-1684). Oil on canvas. Royal Collection Trust.De Hooch decided that a scene is more effective if it appears glimpsed rather than stage-managed: this composition is lop-sided and asymmetrical, with figures apparently unaware of the viewer’s presence, even turning their backs. In De Hooch’s interior we see the street bathed in brilliant sunshine which narrows our pupils so that we can just make out the cloth backing of the wall as a shadowy veil. -- source link
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