The Visit
Pieter de Hooch
€39,90
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
The Visit, painted circa 1657 by the Dutch Golden Age master Pieter de Hooch, is a quintessential example of the intimate domestic interior scenes for which the artist is celebrated. Executed in oil on wood, the composition presents a carefully arranged interior space in which figures engage in a quiet, socially nuanced encounter — a theme deeply embedded in the cultural fabric of seventeenth-century Dutch bourgeois life.
De Hooch was a virtuoso of light and architectural space. His meticulous rendering of tiled floors, receding doorways, and softly diffused daylight creates a sense of geometric order that is both visually harmonious and symbolically charged. The scene subtly alludes to themes of social propriety, hospitality, and domestic virtue — values held in high esteem in the prosperous merchant society of Golden Age Holland. The painting is held in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, a testament to its enduring historical and artistic significance.
This museum-quality reproduction is printed on premium matte canvas and hand-stretched over a solid 0.75-inch wooden frame with a gallery wrap finish — ready to hang and crafted to honor the integrity of de Hooch's original masterwork. A distinguished addition to any curated interior.
| Artist | Pieter de Hooch |
| Year | ca. 1657 |
| Medium | Oil on wood |
| Dimensions | 26 3/4 x 23 in. (67.9 x 58.4 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Available sizes | |
| Small | 20 × 25 cm (8″ × 10″) |
| Medium | 51 × 76 cm (20″ × 30″) |
| Large | 102 × 152 cm (40″ × 60″) |
| All sizes include a 0.75" gallery wrap. Ready to hang — no framing required. | |
