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 iv PIETER DE HOOCH 513 window to the left and an open door to the right. At the right of the table a young lady sits facing left, playing a lute ; she is dressed in white satin and has her hair in ringlets. A gentleman in an embroidered grey costume, with a large hat, sits opposite her, facing the spectator, and sings, beating time with his right hand. On the wall above him hangs a picture of a rabbi, of the school of Rembrandt. In the left foreground is a servant- girl with her back to the spectator ; she wears a red petticoat and a black skirt. To her left is a low table, with a water-bottle and a dish of meat j above it, on the wall, hangs a mirror. The floor is paved with marble. To the right beside a chair is a little dog. Above the group hangs a portrait. The open door on the right looks on a canal ; a church-tower rises among trees on the opposite side. It dates from 1670-75. Signed to the left on the window-frame " P d Hoogh " ; canvas, i inches by 21 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, p. 190, who says that the heads have suffered. Now in the Hermitage Palace at St. Petersburg, No. 86 1 in the 1901 catalogue. 134. THE CONCERT. To the right on a terrace sit two musicians. The gentleman wears a red cloak and brown hose ; the lady has a light green silk bodice and a white skirt. With flute in hand, he speaks to her ; she looks at him, while playing her lute. Before the gentleman is a dog. To the left a servant-girl in a dark dress stands, rilling a tall glass with wine. The terrace, paved with marble, is sheltered by three pillars with a dark curtain. Beyond it is a canal with a stone bridge. The water and the sky glitter in the sunlight, as in the left-hand side of the picture in the Schubart sale (171). It is a late work ; the dog is very characteristic. The picture is very thickly varnished. Signed to the left on the base of a pillar " P D H " ; canvas, 20 inches by 24! inches. Purchased by Teplow in 1876 from the heirs of Mustapha Fazyl Pasha, Turkish Ambassador in Paris. In the Teplow collection in St. Petersburg, sold in 1906. 135. THE MUSIC-PARTY. De G. 61. In the centre of the picture is a lady wearing a light dress with a 'cello. Before her is a dog. To the left, at a window, is a lady dressed in light red with a lute. To the right sits a gentleman with a violin. Behind him is a gentleman at an organ, with his back to the spectator. In front of the group is a pointer. To the right of the organ a person enters the room. On the extreme right is seen another room with two figures. It is a late work, towards 1670. Canvas, 36 inches by 43 inches. Formerly in the collection of Count Fries, in Vienna. Sale. Heris, in Brussels, June 19, 1846, No. 28. Now in the collection of Sir F. Cook, Bart., at Richmond. 136. THE MUSIC-PARTY. Sm. Suppl. 13. On a terrace, which leads at the back into a park, and is sheltered by a great curtain stretched over a pillar, sit a lady singing and a gentleman playing the VOL. I 2 L