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Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard

Pieter de Hooch1663

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

The sun lights up the canal houses outside, while in the darker interior a girl plays ‘kolf,’ a kind of hockey. Two women stack freshly pressed linen in a closet. The linen cupboard had an important place in the home. The lady of the house carried its key with her and ‘handed out the sheets’: she called the shots and was in charge of the household.

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  • Title: Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard
  • Creator: Hooch, Pieter de
  • Date Created: 1663
  • Physical Dimensions: doek
  • Subject Keywords: organisatie van het huishouden; werk van de huisvrouw
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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