Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) A Musical Party in a Courtyard

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) A Woman and her Maid

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) A Woman at a Bleach Yard 

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) Dutch Family in a Courtyard

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) The Courtyard of a House in Delft

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) Woman with Basket of Beans in the Kitchen Garden 1651

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) Two Woman with a Child in Courtyard

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) Woman and Child in a Courtyard

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) A Mistress and her Maid

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) Courtyard of a House in Delft 1658

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) Company in the Garden

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) Skittle Players in a Garden

Dutch artist Pieter de Hooch 1629-1684 paints City Gardens & Courtyards

Pieter de Hooch (Dutch artist, 1629-1684) A Dutch Courtyard

Economics in the Garden - 1648 Pricey, precious Tulips Linger in a Dutch Garden

1647-8 Samuel Van Hoogstraten (Flemish 1627-1678) Portrait of Johan Cornelisz Vijgeboom and His Wife in a Garden painted from an unusual perspective

This painting was created after the painter returned to his hometown in Dordrecht, where he was initially taught by his father. He moved to Amsterdam shortly after his father's death in December 1640, & received further training in the studio of Rembrandt; at the time when Carel Fabritius was also a student  there. The painter's preoccupation with perspective may have been stimulated by his contact with Fabritius.  Hoogstraten traveled to Vienna & Rome (1651-3), & later to London (1662-6). After living for some years in The Hague, Hoogstraten returned to Dordrecht in 1673, writing a treatise on painting, in 1678, the year of his death. His treatise includes reminiscences of his time at Rembrandt's studio & of Rembrandt's views on painting. Hoogstraten does criticize his teacher Rembrandt for his excessive naturalism.

1675 Gardens at Jesus College, Oxford

Jesus College, Oxford - an engraving from "Oxonia Illustrata" (1675) by David Loggan.

Oxonia Illustrata was the first illustrated book on Oxford & one of the major works of the 17C . The book was the product of several years of devoted & conscientious effort in which Loggan was assisted by his pupil Robert White. David Loggan (1634-1692) was born in Danzig in 1635 & came to England around 1653. By 1665, he was living in Nuffield near Oxford, & in 1669 was appointed engraver to the University. In 1675, he married & became a naturalised citizen. His Oxonia Illustrata was intended as a companion work to Historia Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis by Anthony Woods, with whom Loggan had become acquainted some years earlier.