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''A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard'' (1658–1660) is an
oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturate ...
-on-canvas painting by the
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painter
Pieter de Hooch Pieter Hendricksz. de Hooch (; also spelled ''Hoogh'' or ''Hooghe''; 20 December 1629  – after 1683), was a Dutch Golden Age painter famous for his genre works of quiet domestic scenes with an open doorway. He was a contemporary, in the ...
. It is an example of
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and is part of the collection of the
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, in
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, Netherlands.


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The painting was documented by
Hofstede de Groot Hofstede de Groot is a Dutch surname. Notable people with this surname include: * Petrus Hofstede de Groot (1802–1886), Dutch theologian * Cornelis Hofstede de Groot Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (9 November 1863 – 14 April 1930), was a Dutch ...
in 1910, who wrote:
297. COURTYARD WITH A MAN SMOKING AND A WOMAN DRINKING.
Sm. Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. Early life and education Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He started studying botan ...
30; de G. 56. This picture corresponds precisely to the Rothschild picture (295), except that the figure of the second man is here absent. It is an excellent work. Canvas, 30 1/2 inches by 25 1/2 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Supplement, p. 131). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871 and 1888, No. 35; at the London Guildhall, 1892; and at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1900. * Sold by Smith in 1822 (for 300). * In the collection of W. Wells of Redleaf in 1833 (Sm.). * Sale.– W. Wells, London, May 12, 1848 (.540: 155., Farrer). * In
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's collection in 1857 (Waagen). Now n 1908in the collection of Lady Wantage, London, No. 108 in the 1902 catalogue.entry 297 for Courtyard with a Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking
in Hofstede de Groot, 1908


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Man, vrouw en kind op een binnenplaats, in het verschiet de toren van de Nieuwe Kerk van Delft
in the
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1650s paintings Paintings by Pieter de Hooch Food and drink paintings Paintings in the Mauritshuis {{1650s-painting-stub