Paying the Hostess
Artist: Pieter de Hooch (Dutch, 1629–1684)
Original Dimensions: 37 1/4" x 43 3/4"
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
About Artwork: (ca. 1670) "In the yard of a country inn, a fashionably attired man and his hostess appear to be disputing his bill. In the background, other guests continue their revelry, while a man delivers sheaves of wheat and a woman and child look on. In Dutch scenes of everyday life, themes of buying and selling between men and women often convey connotations of flirtation and sex, as may be suggested by the overlapping hands of the central figures here." - (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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