Live Auction 2031Christie's Interiors
After Pieter de Hooch
Lot 2

After Pieter de Hooch

A woman preparing vegetables, with a maid sweeping the courtyard

Closed2 October 2008

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After Pieter de Hooch
A woman preparing vegetables, with a maid sweeping the courtyard
oil on panel
23½ x 18½ in. (59.7 x 47 cm.)

(Probably) J. Danser Nijman; Amsterdam, 16 August 1797, no. 115.
(Probably) H. ten Kate; Amsterdam, 10 June 1801, no. 89 (21 florins to Josy).
Countess of Chichester et.al. (Marquess of Dufferin and Ava); London, 22 Feb. 1929, no.81.
with Kunsthandel Douwes, Amsterdam, 1934.
with Duits, 1944.
with Hallsborough, London, 1950.
A.D. and W.C. Williams, 1951, by whom gifted to the present owner.

Specialist note

The present painting is a copy, with changes, after the original in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (see Sutton, op.cit., no. 18, illustrated no. 17).