The Empty Glass

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The Empty Glass
Pieter de Hooch - The Empty Glass - WGA11680.jpg
ArtistPieter de Hooch
Year1652
Dimensions44 cm × 35 cm (17 in × 14 in)
LocationMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The Empty Glass (c. 1652) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

This painting was documented as a work by Gabriel Metsu by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; "204b. A Woman handing a Glass of Wine to an Officer. Sm. 85. A woman hands a glass of wine to an officer. Two persons are playing cards, while a third looks on. Panel, 17 1/2 inches by 14 inches. Described by Descamps (vol. ii.).

Sales. Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 106.

  • C. van Heemskerck, The Hague, November 18, 1783, No. 5 (82 florins) -- said to be by Metsu or in his manner."[1][2]

This scene is very similar to other paintings De Hooch made in this period:

References[]

  1. ^ entry (Metsu) 204b for A Woman handing a Glass of Wine to an Officer in Hofstede de Groot, 1908
  2. ^ "Chez M. Henry Verschuring, une Femme qui presente du vin à un Officier", Page 243 of Jean-Baptiste Descamps's second volume of painter biographies, on "Gabriel Metzu"
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