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 516 PIETER DE HOOCH SECT. yellow silk, stands beside them, with her back to the spectator. She is singing} a gentleman, wearing a slouch hat with a feather, accompanies her on a flute. To the left is a view of a canal with houses, under a sunset sky. Canvas, 24 inches by 20 inches Sale. Helsleuter (? Van Eyl Sluyter), Paris, January 25, 1802, No. 73 (809 francs). 145. A Party with a Lady at a Harpsichord. Several persons are assembled in an interior. A man, who is smoking, sits beside two ladies and converses with them. Another lady sits at a harpsichord ; a gentleman behind her listens. 34 inches by 42 inches. Sale. Paillet and Delaroche, Paris, July II, 1803 (Havard, 126, i). 146. Lady and Flute-Player. In a well-furnished room is a comely young lady, richly dressed, with a glass of wine in her hand. Behind her a gentleman holding a flute sits at a table covered with a cloth, upon which are a beer-mug, a pipe, and other things. At the side is an open window ; there are other accessories. Canvas, 18 inches by 18 inches. Sale. J. E. Grave, Amsterdam, May 5, 1806, No. 57. 147. The Music-Party. In a room two ladies are playing, one on the guitar, the other on the harpsichord, while a gentleman sings. A dog and other accessories are introduced. The light entering the room is well rendered. Canvas, 22 inches by 24 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 13, 1809, No. 60. 147*7. The Music -Party. A party of ladies and gentlemen are diverting themselves with music. Canvas, 26 inches by 30 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 20, 1810, No. 32 (26 florins, Hulswit). Perhaps this was the picture of the Jolles sale of 1812 (149). 148. The Dancing Dog. A lady in a white silk dress stands at a spinet ; beside her is a gentleman playing the flute with two dancing dogs. An open door looks into a garden. The execution is masterly. Canvas, 24 inches by 20 inches. Sales. Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June n, 1800, No. 80 (30 florins, C. Josi) pendant to No. 81, "The Parrot" (117). Jacob Lauwers and others, Amsterdam, December 13, 1802. In Rotterdam, August 3, 1811, No. 21 (210 florins, Lebrun). 149. The Music-Party. In a room ladies and gentlemen are at music. A lady with a silk dress has a music-book on her lap. Beside her, by the open window, sits an elderly gentleman playing the harpsichord. An old lady plays the guitar. A servant-girl comes from an anteroom with a glass. A dog is beside her. Through the anteroom is seen a sunlit canal.