The Love Letter — Jacob Ochtervelt

The Love Letter


jacob ochtervelt (1635 - 1682)

Jacob Ochtervelt (1635-1682) was a Dutch Golden Age painter known for intimate genre scenes & portraits. Explore his works depicting daily life, musicians, and family groups.

Ochtervelt 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.