The Visit  1657

by Pieter de Hooch

Two women of uncertain reputation entertain visiting gentlemen. While rich in shadowy effects, this picture is one of the first in which De Hooch employed linear perspective to construct a realistic interior space (the bed, however, is underscaled). At the time, he was exchanging ideas with Vermeer, whose influence is evident in the most luminous passages. The French art c...
Size: 
26 3/4 x 23 in. (67.9 x 58.4 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on wood
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art