Jacob Ochtervelt - The Love Letter [early 1670s]

Jacob Ochtervelt - The Love Letter [early 1670s], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

Ochtervelt (Dutch, Rotterdam, 1634 - Amsterdam, 1682) was a co-pupil of Pieter de Hooch under Nicolaas Bercham in Haarlem. He worked in his native Rotterdam from about 1655 to 1674, and then moved to Amsterdam. This typical scene of elegant domestic life was painted around 1670, when Ochtervelt was strongly influenced by Gerard ter Borch.

[Metropolitan Museum of Art - Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 63.5 cm]

Jacob Ochtervelt - Two Women and a Man Making Music [c.1675-80]

Jacob Ochtervelt - Two Women and a Man Making Music [c.1675-80], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

The map on the wall above the virginal is based on one of North and South America called 'Americae nova descriptio' which was published by Dancker Danckerts in Amsterdam in 1661. 

[Oil on canvas, 84.5 x 75 cm]