The Greeting
c. 1675
Painter, Dutch, 1629 - 1684

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 86.2 × 70.33 cm (33 15/16 × 27 11/16 in.)
framed: 111.13 × 95.57 × 9.53 cm (43 3/4 × 37 5/8 × 3 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2016.22.6
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Richard von Kaufmann, Berlin, at least by 1890.[1] Berthold Richter, Berlin, in 1892. Gottfried von Preyer [1807-1901], Vienna; purchased 1902 by William A. Clark [1839-1925], New York; bequest April 1926 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2016 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Von Kaufmann lent the work to the exhibition Austellung von Werken der Niederländischen Kunst des Siebzehnten Jahrhunderts, in Berlin, in 1890.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1890
Austellung von Werken der Niederländischen Kunst des Siebzehnten Jahrhunderts, Königlichen Akademie, Berlin, 1 April - 15 May 1890, no. 137.
1906
Loan to display with the permanent collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1906-1910 (or possibly 1908-1909).
1989
The William A. Clark Collection: Treasures of a Copper King, Yellowstone Art Center, Billings; Montana Historical Society, Helena, 1989, unnumbered catalogue.
2017
Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry, Musée du Louvre, Paris; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017-2018, not in catalogue (shown only in Washington).
Bibliography
1829
Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters. 9 vols. London, 1829-1842: 4(1833):possibly 223, no. 13, as A Music Party.
1892
Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. "Proeve eener Kritische Beschrijving van het Werk van Pieter de Hooch." Oud Holland 10 (1892): 181, no. 17.
1907
Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century. 8 vols. Translated by Edward G. Hawke. London, 1907-1927: 1(1907): 529, no. 191.
Hofstede de Groot, Cornelis. Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts. 10 vols. Esslingen and Paris, 1907-1928: 1(1907):528, no. 191.
1914
de Rudder, Arthur. Pieter de Hooch et son oeuvre. Brussels and Paris, 1914; 105.
1925
Carroll, Dana H. Catalogue of Objects of Fine Art and Other Properties at the Home of William Andrews Clark, 962 Fifth Avenue. Part II. Unpublished manuscript, n.d. (1925): 208.
1928
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Illustrated Handbook of the W.A. Clark Collection. Washington, 1928: 45.
1955
Breckenridge, James A. A Handbook of Dutch and Flemish Paintings in the Williams Andrews Clark Collection. Washington, 1955; 28-29.
1980
Sutton, Peter C. Pieter de Hooch: Complete Edition with a Catalogue Raisonne. Oxford, 1980; 110.
1986
Sutton, Peter C. A Guide to Dutch Art in America. Washington and Grand Rapids, 1986; 300.
1991
Ydema, Onno. Carpets and Their Datings in Netherlandish Paintings, 1540-1700. Zutpen, 1991; 160.
Inscriptions
in the architectural detail over doorway: P [D?] Hoo
Wikidata ID
Q20084144