Charles Cornelisz. de Hooch

de Hooch (c.1600 – 2 July 1638), was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter and etcher.

[3] Ampzing wrote a whole verse of poetry about him: En sal ik hier DE HOOG ook niet wel bilijk pogen (And would I hereby deem de Hooch worthy) Naer sijne waerdigheyd met ere te verhogen?

)[4] After his Haarlem period he moved to Utrecht, where he died 2 July 1638 leaving underage children.

Flugi van Aspermont argues that this is not true, though Het schildersregister by Jan Sysmus, doctor of the city of Amsterdam, which was published by Dr. Abraham Bredius in Oud Holland VIII, mentions (p. 222) Karel de Hoogh, vader van Pieter and on p. 307 'Pieter de Hoogh, landschap, utert, redelijk, syn vader hiet Carel'.

In the centre of this panel there is a wooden dovecote build on three trees; a man in a red shirt and blue pants is standing on a ladder which is placed to it.

At the bottom of the right is it signed "Chaerles dhooch" These two paintings of dovecotes look largely the same in terms of content, with the exception of the buildings in the right side.

Poelenbergh traveled to the south and, upon his return to Utrecht in the mid-1620s, he continued to depict Italianate landscapes featuring ruins and grottos.

De Hooch was most likely involved in initiating this subject matter as an independent genre, along with other followers of Poelenbergh.

[14] De Hooch is known for his intriguing paintings of dramatically lit and spooky grottos which feature classical sculpture and architectural fragments.

[14] In his painting Italian landscape with ruins and duck hunters, which is estimated to be completed sometime between 1630 and 1635, a clear connection to the work of Poelenburgh and Breenbergh can be seen.

The simple design of the piece and the "solid, monumental composition is accompanied by firmer, more tangible modeling details".

Although Arnold Houbraken thought that he was a pupil of Nicolaes Berchem, it could be that these were Carel de Hooch's paintings.

Flugi van Aspermont argues that this is not true, though Het schildersregister by Jan Sysmus, doctor of the city of Amsterdam, which was published by Dr. Abraham Bredius in Oud Holland VIII, mentions (p.222) Karel de Hoogh, vader van Pieter and on p. 307 'Pieter de Hoogh, landschap, utert, redelijk, syn vader hiet Carel'.