Interior with a Woman Weighing Gold Coin (1659–1662) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Pieter de Hooch. It is part of the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.[1]
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| Artist | Pieter de Hooch |
| Year | 1659–1662 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 61 cm × 53 cm (24 in × 21 in) |
| Location | Gemäldegalerie, Berlin |
The painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1910, who wrote:
96. Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin. A woman stands in profile in a room, weighing gold coin. Her rich dress, trimmed with fur, suggests that she is the wife of a wealthy money-lender. It is a picture of rare beauty. Canvas, 24 inches by 21 1/2 inches. Sales, (Probably) Beckford, London, 1823 (£30:9s., Evans). Brun of Geneva, Paris, November 30, 1841, No. 20 (865 francs).[2]
The composition is strongly related to Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Die Goldwägerin". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ entry 96 for Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin in Hofstede de Groot, 1910
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