A Musical Conversation

A Musical Conversation

A Musical Conversation

Interior of Dutch room with woman holding ‘cello seated off-center left, dressed in white satin with tight bodice and full skirt, trimmed with bands of pink and gold braid. At her left and on the other side of a table covered with a heavy red cloth, a man sits playing a mandolin. Below stands a dog. At left of painting there is a second seated woman in a similar style dress of rose and pale yellow, who holds an open book and is resting her arm on the sill of an open window. A man, wearing a wide-brimmed hat is looking over her shoulder. At right center there is a view of an open courtyard with 3 approaching figures.
Classification
Paintings
Creditline
Purchase, 1971 (3798.1)
Depth
13.3350266701
Dimensions
Framed: 47 1/2 × 54 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (120.7 × 138.4 × 13.3 cm)Painting?: 38 5/8 × 45 1/4 in. (98.1 × 114.9 cm)
Display Date
1674
Height
98.1076962154
Medium
Oil on canvas
Onview
1
People
Pieter de Hooch
Source Id
35132
Width
138.4302768606