Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed — Pieter de Hooch | DiscoverArt

Pieter de Hooch

Woman with a Water Pitcher, and a Man by a Bed

ca. 1667–70

Oil on canvas

61.5 × 52.1 cm (24.2 × 20.5 in)

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