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 iv PIETER DE HOOCH 525 her left hand. In the background a lady, with her back to the spectator, plays a harpsichord ; she wears a red dress edged with white, a yellowish- green collar, and a white cap. A man in a brown costume and hat, with a cloak, looks over her shoulder at the music, and leans with his hand on the back of a chair. At his feet is a white dog, whose hairy coat has been half shorn. In the background to the right a servant-girl brings fruit. A large picture and a piece of still-life hang on the wall. It is a large and wide picture. Described by Mr. Lionel Cust in a private letter, and assigned tentatively to P. de Hooch. In the Picture Gallery at Raby Castle, Darlington. 179. Interior. A gentleman, dressed in grey silk with a hat, sits at a table covered with an oriental carpet, near a window to the left. A girl, wearing a yellow skirt, a red bodice, a white silk jacket, and a hat, stands turned towards him in the middle of the picture, with a dog at her feet. Between the figures an open door shows a view of a garden with trees. To the right in shadow is a large fireplace or a door ; above it hangs a large picture. A small picture. Described by Mr. Lionel Cust in a private letter, and assigned tentatively to P. de Hooch. In the Picture Gallery at Raby Castle, Darlington. 1 80. THE BURGOMASTER'S ROOM IN THE AMSTER- DAM TOWN HALL WITH A LARGE PARTY. In the middle of a room is a chimney-piece, with a cornice and frieze, supported on pilasters ; a large picture hangs above. To the right are windows in double bays. To the left is seen a second room with a window. A couple enter from the left ; the lady is dressed in red and yellow, the gentleman in black. The gentleman points with an admiring expression to the roof. In the right foreground is another gentleman, also looking upward ; he is dressed in brown and yellow, with slashed sleeves, and carries a stick. A dog is beside him to the left. A lady, seen in profile, looks out of the window to the right. Around a table before the chimney- piece are grouped six persons, of whom a boy and a little girl face the spectator. High up on the left hangs a large reddish-brown curtain ; the floor is paved with black and white tiles. The wall on the right is covered almost to the ceiling with a striped material. The picture over the chimney-piece is the story of P'abricius and Pyrrhus, by F. Bol ; below it are the four well-known verses by Vondel. This shows that the scene depicted is the Burgomaster's room in the Amsterdam Town Hall. The dog in the foreground was first placed to the left instead of to the right of the centre. The picture is dark in tone, but still very good. Canvas, 41 inches by 30 inches. Now in the Von Stackelberg collection, in Faehna, Esthonia. 1 8 1. A Company at Table at the Back of a Vestibule. The vestibule is divided into two by a pillar. In the left half a staircase of twelve steps leads to an upper room. The open door shows a room in