Public Domain Art
Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard, 1663, by Pieter de Hooch, oil on canvas, public domain

Interior with Women beside a Linen Cupboard — History & Analysis

Pieter de Hooch

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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