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The merchants at first tried the soft sell, offering cloth, wine, and necklaces for ivory and gold, but the traders of Calicut were insulted at being taken for “natives” who could be bought with cheap hooch and glass baubles.
It was in Delft that de Hooch mastered the expressive balance of architectural setting and human character, as in his ambitious A Family in a Courtyard (circa 1657-60).
If we accept the view of de Hooch advanced by the Hartford show and catalog, as a propagandist for Dutch family values, it's hard to explain the peculiar hold that his paintings have, or ought to have, on us.
During his Amsterdam period, de Hooch includes black servants and entertainers in his festive gatherings--another indication of his sympathy for people on the margins of society.
Once we're tuned to this unsettling frequency in de Hooch's work, we notice how many hints of confinement and escape there are in his work.
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