The Empty Glass

The Empty Glass

Artist	Pieter de Hooch
Year	1652
Dimensions	44 cm × 35 cm (17 in × 14 in)
Location	Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The Empty Glass (c. 1652) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the collection of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

This painting was documented as a work by Gabriel Metsu by Hofstede de Groot in 1908, who wrote; "204b. A Woman handing a Glass of Wine to an Officer. Sm. 85. A woman hands a glass of wine to an officer. Two persons are playing cards, while a third looks on. Panel, 17 1/2 inches by 14 inches. Described by Descamps (vol. ii.).

Sales. Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 106.

C. van Heemskerck, The Hague, November 18, 1783, No. 5 (82 florins) -- said to be by Metsu or in his manner."^[1]^[2]

This scene is very similar to other paintings De Hooch made in this period:

Two Soldiers and a Serving Woman with a Trumpeter
Tavern interior with soldiers and a serving woman

References

↑ entry (Metsu) 204b for A Woman handing a Glass of Wine to an Officer in Hofstede de Groot, 1908
↑ "Chez M. Henry Verschuring, une Femme qui presente du vin à un Officier", Page 243 of Jean-Baptiste Descamps's second volume of painter biographies, on "Gabriel Metzu"

The Empty Glass in the museum website
Herbergscène met een dienstmeid, die het lege glas van een cavalier probeert te vullen, ca. 1650-1655 in the RKD

Paintings by Pieter de Hooch

List of paintings

Two Soldiers and a Serving Woman with a Trumpeter A Woman with a Basket of Beans in a Garden The Empty Glass A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable A Woman and Two Men in an Arbour Merry company with two men and two women The Golf Players A Woman Drinking with Two Men Cardplayers in a Sunlit Room A Woman with a Child in a Pantry A Dutch Courtyard Group portrait of an unknown family or company The Bedroom (Karlsruhe) The Bedroom (Widener Collection) A Mother's Duty Courtyard with an Arbour The Courtyard of a House in Delft A Man Smoking and a Woman Drinking in a Courtyard Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin Lady and her Cook A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy Woman Lacing Her Bodice Beside a Cradle Interior with a Young Couple and a Dog Company in a courtyard behind a house Going for a Walk in the Amsterdam Town Hall¨ A Woman Peeling Apples Two Women Beside a Linen Chest, with a Child A Boy Bringing Bread The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall Musical Party in a Hall Mother with a Child and a Chambermaid Interior with a Mother close to a Cradle The Maidservant Teaching a Child to Walk Interior of a Kitchen with a Woman, a Child and a Maid Interior with a Child Feeding a Parrot Woman giving Money to a Servant-Girl Young woman with a letter and a messenger in an interior

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