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Going for a Walk in the Amsterdam Town Hall

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left and pilasters on the right, acting as principal lines to lead the viewer into an open door at the back of the composition.through this door in this room, a high window and a table and chair lay, with the curtain, the table-cloth, and the chair-cushion painted in bright vermillion to accent the man's cloak and to contrast the rest of the image, drawing the viewer's eyes to the room, with the change in tone similarly represented by the change in tiles to a black-and-white checkerboard pattern.
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To the right of them, a hunting-type dog appears to follow the couple. Behind them, through the columns, a nurse walks with a baby in their arms. This scene likely takes place in the south gallery, with the floor tiled in circles in the foreground and squares in the background. Columns stand on the
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Originally, the painting included the figure of another man near to the entrance of the back room which has since been painted out. An 1827 sale mentions a man with a black cloak, likely the aforementioned painted-out figure. Additionally, analysis suggests the dog in the foreground was later
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De Hooch has also made at least two more paintings with scenes of the interior of the City Hall, one featuring a classic Dutch Golden Age motif in the form of a curtain covering a portion of the image.
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repainted in a different fashion. Despite this, it is undoubted by collectors as a genuine De Hooch, ruling out the possibility of this painting's creation belonging to
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The hallway's of the Amsterdam Town Hall, including the featured South hallway feature marble statues. The relief at the back is a depiction of
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The painting was first sold by H. Reydon in Amsterdam in April 1827. It is noted as in the collection of
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Collection du musée des Beaux-Arts – Peinture flamande et hollandaise XVème-XVIIIème siècle
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Hemelkaart (Sky map) of Earth in the Burgerzaal (Civic hall) of the building
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72 cm × 85 cm (28 in × 33 in)
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Le musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg. Cinq siècles de peinture
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Young Woman with a Letter and a Messenger in an Interior
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Interior with a Man Reading a Letter and a Woman Sewing
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Interior of a Kitchen with a Woman, a Child and a Maid
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A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable
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Pieter de Hooch
Oil painting
canvas
Movement
Dutch Golden Age painting
Genre painting
Musée des Beaux-Arts
Strasbourg
oil
Dutch
Pieter de Hooch
Dutch Golden Age painting
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg
Amsterdam
Royal Palace of Amsterdam
Abraham Janssens
Mercury
Artus Quellinus the Elder
Earth
Mercury as depicted by Artus Quellinus the Elder
Mercury
Artus Quellinus the Elder
Hemelkaart (Sky map) of Earth in the Burgerzaal (Civic hall) of the building
The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall
The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall
Musical Party in a Hall
Musical Party in a Hall
Howard Galton
Hadzor House

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