Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin

Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin (1659–1662) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch. It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is part of the collection of the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.

Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin
ArtistPieter de Hooch
Year1659–1662
Dimensions61 cm × 53 cm (24 in × 21 in)
LocationGemäldegalerie, 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).[1]

The composition is strongly related to Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance.

References
  1. entry 96 for Interior with a Woman weighing Gold Coin in Hofstede de Groot, 1910
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