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 iv PIETER DE HOOCH 517 Canvas, 25 inches by 29 inches. Sales. Servad, Amsterdam, June 25, 1778, No. 43 (51 florins, Ploos van Amstel). Engelberts and Tersteeg, Amsterdam, June 13, 1808, No. 73 (121 florins, Van Yperen). A. R. Jolles, Amsterdam, November 30, 1812. [Compare 147^.] 1490. A Music-Party of Ladies and Gentlemen. Sale. Amsterdam, April 14, 1813, No. 30 (20 florins 10). 150. Two young Ladies playing Music. Two young ladies play a duet to divert an older woman, who appears to be ill. Canvas. Sale. A. L. C. H. T. de 1'Espinasse de Laugeac, Comte d'Arlet, Paris, January 4, 1815, No. 78 (150 francs). 151. A Party, with a Lady playing the Harpsicord. In an interior a party of two ladies and a gentleman sit at lunch by a window. In the background a lady sits at a harpsichord, and a gentleman appears to listen to her. Another person stands at the door of the room. Canvas, 37 inches by 46 inches. Sale. L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, April 8, 1816, No. 50 (180 florins, Roos). 151*7. The Duet. A lady sits at the harpsichord; beside her is a gentleman playing the guitar. Canvas, 32 inches by 26 inches. Sale. H. A. Bauer and others, Amsterdam, September n, 1820, No. 57 (145 florins, Engelberts). 152. The Music-Party. In the middle of a hall stands a lady play- ing the guitar. To the right another lady, seated at a table covered with a cloth, sings from a music-book in her hand. A gentleman behind her joins in the song. To the left, beside a window, a lady, with her back to the spectator, is playing a harpsichord. From two sides light streams into the room. Panel of mahogany, 35 inches by 35 inches. Sale. T. Loridon de Ghellinck, Ghent, September 3, 1821, No. 435. 153. The Music- Party. Three ladies and two gentlemen are assembled, all richly dressed in velvet and silk. Two of the ladies play the guitar. A handsome cloth covers a table. A black spaniel lies on the tiled floor. In the background are seen a street and a canal. Canvas, 31 inches by 38 inches. Formerly in the collection of Prince George of Dessau. Sale. Baron de Castell, Hamburg, July 21, 1824, No. 141. 153*7. A Lady seated, at Music. Sale. J. Kamermans, Rotterdam, October 3, 1825, No. 115 (49 florins, Esser).