Horatius de Hooch

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Horatius de Hooch (active 2nd half of the 17th century) was a Dutch painter.

Horatius de Hooch was one of the many Dutch painters who specialized in depicting Italian landscapes. Nothing is known about his origins and training. In 1669 he is mentioned for the first time as chairman of the Guild of St. Luke in Utrecht . He may have previously worked in Amsterdam for a few years , where a nocturnal landscape by him is mentioned in 1653 at an art dealer named Meldert. He married in 1670 .

Only a few pictures of him have survived. The dated pictures were taken between 1652 and 1692 .

Selected Works

  • Budapest, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum
    • Landscape with apse and campanile of the Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome.
  • Stuttgart, State Gallery
    • Southern river valley with hunters.
  • Whereabouts unknown
    • Southern landscape with ruins. 1659 (auctioned on November 3, 1999 at Christie's East in New York)
    • Family portrait in a mountainous landscape. (auctioned on December 12, 2000 at Phillips in London)
    • Southern landscape with dancing satyrs. (Staffage by Daniel Vertangen - auctioned on May 8, 2000 at Sotheby's in Amsterdam)
    • Southern landscape with hunters on a bridge. (auctioned on July 1, 2004 at Van Ham in Keulen)

literature

  • S taatsgalerie Stuttgart, Catalog Old Masters , Stuttgart, 1992
personal data
SURNAME Hooch, Horatius de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch painter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH 17th century or 18th century