A WOMAN, HER MAID AND HER DAUGHTER IN THE COURTYARD OF A HOUSE IN DELFT

THE ORIGINAL, SIGNED AND DATED 1658, ON CANVAS, 73.5 X 60 CM, IS IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY, LONDON, WHERE IT ENTERED THE COLLECTION IN 1871 FROM THE ESTATE OF R. PEEL (P.C. SUTTON, PIETER DE HOOCH, 1980, PP.84/5, NO34, PLATE IX). THE PICTURE WAS EXECUTED WHEN THE ARTIST WAS LIVING IN DELFT IS ONE OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT WORKS (P. SUTTON, OP. CIT., P.24).