Man Handing a Letter to a Woman in the Entrance Hall of a House, Pieter de Hooch, 1670

Man handing a letter to a woman in the entrance hall of a house. A young woman sits by the window with a dog on het lap. To the right a young man approaches holding a letter. To the left another dog. Through the open door a child can be seen playing on the street alongside a canal (perhaps the kloveniersburgwal in amsterdam). Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: 1670. Place of creation: Amsterdam. Dimensions: height: 68 cm (26.7 in); width: 59 cm (23.2 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Rijksmuseum. Het aanreiken van een brief in een voorhuis Rijksmuseum SK-C-147