☕ Everyday Life
A Woman with a Basket of Beans in a Garden
Pieter de Hooch · 1651
Why it's great
A woman and a child sit in a sunlit garden, with a basket of beans, near a wall. Pieter de Hooch painted it in 1651, and the quiet, everyday scene is full of light.
Where to see it
📍 Kunstmuseum BaselBasel, Switzerland
Open in Maps ↗ About this museum →Hang it on your wall
⬇ Hi-res download
1,515 × 1,848 px · 2.8 megapixels
This is the largest scan on Wikimedia Commons, which is fairly small for a big print. The museum that owns it may offer a larger one.
File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
These links open search results on each shop's own website; we don't sell anything or earn a commission, and print quality varies by seller. Ask a grown-up before you buy anything.
P
Pieter de Hooch was a Dutch painter born in Rotterdam in 1629. He painted peaceful scenes of Dutch homes and courtyards, with careful perspective and bright sunlight. He died in Amsterdam in 1683.
