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 iv PIETER DE HOOCH 519 in a duet. A plumed hat lies on a chair by the lady, and near it is a spaniel. Canvas, 37^ inches by 33 inches. Formerly in the possession of Emmerson, at some date before 1842 (Sm.). 159. Music-Party in an Interior. An open door looks into an adjacent room, where a woman is engaged at her house-work. Broad and masterly in execution. Signed ; canvas, 44^ inches by 40^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 6, 1845 (bought by Van der Linde. of Rotterdam at a price not stated). 1 60. A Concert. Two ladies are playing on a guitar and a harpsi- chord while a man sings. The picture is one of those in which a sober tone and a uniform chiaroscuro predominate. Signed. In Waagen's time (ii. 227) in the collection of Edmund Phipps. Sold in 1859 (19 guineas, Robinson). 161. The Music-Party. Sm. Suppl. 28. In a room paved with marble are a lady and two gentlemen. The lady, elegantly dressed, sings a duet with one of the gentlemen, who wears a broad-brimmed hat. The other gentleman leans against the farther side of a table, accompanying the singers on a flageolet. A plumed hat, an open music-book, and other things lie on the table. In the background a lady and a gentleman are talking beside a bed, and a man-servant with a jug in his hand leans against the window. A door opens into a garden adorned with statues. Canvas, 24 inches by 27^ inches. Sales. Edmund Higginson, of Saltmarsh Castle, London, June 4, 1846 G42i:ios.). G. H. Morland, the painter, London, May 9, 1863 (152:55., Cox). i6ia. A Family Concert. In the Von Peucker Collection, Berlin, 1863 (Parthey, i. 622). i6i/>. A Musician in a Fore-court. In the possession of Wallraf, Cologne, 1863 (Parthey, i. 622). 162. A Woman playing the Guitar. She sits beside a table play- ing. There are many accessories. The light falls through a Gothic window. On the table are a cloth and some books. Canvas, 24 inches by 32 inches. Sales. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 281 (130 florins). Chapuis, in Brussels, December 4, 1865, No. 201 (300 francs, Warneck). Described as in the manner of P. de Hooch. 163. Concert Party of Four Persons. In a hall with two windows, two ladies and a gentleman, all richly dressed, are playing the violin and singing. Another gentleman, seen in shadow, is also playing. Canvas, 36 inches by 48 inches.