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 550 PIETER DE HOOCH SECT. sitting in the right foreground, almost in profile to the right. He wears a bright red coat with yellow facings, a slouch hat and high boots with flaps ; he is conversing with a young man dressed in olive-brown, who sits to the right in the chimney-corner, holding a jug in his right hand and raising his cup in his left. Seated on the left is an older man, with his face in profile to the right j he wears knee-breeches, an olive-brown jacket, a flesh-coloured vest, and a slouch hat, and is filling his pipe. [Compare 9.] On the table is another pipe, with a pewter-pot and a pan of live charcoal. The chimney-piece to the right is apparently lined with Delft tiles ; on the cornice are a vase and two china plates, upon which a lighted candle near them casts faint rays. The room has a wooden ceiling, a floor of dull red tiles, and an olive-green wall, upon which, to the left, hangs a picture. The whole scene is painted in a uniformly warm brownish tone, dominated by the warm yellow of the woman's figure. The colour is liquid throughout, and juicy in the high lights. The picture is of the earliest period. Panel, 20 inches by 15 inches. Sales. (Probably) W. Reyers, Amsterdam, September 21, 1814, No. 63 (34! florins, Schotte) ; but this picture was said to measure 14 inches by 14 inches. Amsterdam, August 17, 1818, No. 116 (13 florins, Roos), a picture not ascribed in the catalogue to any particular artist. Afterwards in the possession of J. Goedhart, the dealer, Amsterdam. Now in the collection of Dr. C. Hofstede de Groot at The Hague. 268. PAYING THE HOSTESS. Sm. i ; de G. 43. Three men and two women are assembled in a room paved with black and white tiles. One of the women, in a grey cloak and red dress, stands in the middle holding a piece of money ; she is complaining to a cavalier that he has not given her enough. The man, who wears a buff jerkin, a cuirass, and a large black hat, has his hand in his pocket, but is apparently unwilling to give more. The other three persons are at a table by the window ; the two men are smoking behind a curtain, while the woman stands with her back against the casement. The light enters from the back. It is an excellent picture, strong in colour, but in a very dirty condition. Signed on the right, "P. D. H. 1658"; canvas, 28 inches by 25 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 477). An old copy was in the hands of a London dealer in 1894. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1870. Sale. Gerard Braamcamp, 1771, No. 86 (500 florins, Fouquet). Now in the collection of the Marquis of Bute, London, No. 84, in Dr. Richter's 1884 catalogue ; it was in this collection in 1833 (Sm.). 269. SOLDIER, A WOMAN WITH A CHILD, AND DEAD GAME IN A STABLE. In the left foreground a soldier, seen in profile to the right, is seated on the floor ; he is plucking a dead bird. In front of him to the right is a heap of game, at which a dog is sniffing. In the middle, farther back, stands a young woman with a child at her breast. To her right the soldier's cloak hangs on a post, and behind