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 iv PIETER DE HOOCH 559 are seen above the town wall. The sky is full of light. The picture dates from the best period, about 1660. Signed in full at the bottom to the left ; canvas, 29 inches by 26 inches. Seen in March 1903 in the possession of Messrs. Lawrie, the dealers, London. 295. A Courtyard with Two Cavaliers and a Woman Drinking. Sm. Suppl. 30. A view in a courtyard, at the end of which an open door with two steps leads into the garden at the back, the trees in which rise above the low wall. In the left foreground a man who is smoking a pipe sits in profile to the right ; he wears a black coat, a grey cloak, and a black hat. To the right, opposite him at the table, stands a woman drinking a glass of beer ; she wears a yellowish-grey jacket, a red skirt, and a blue apron. Behind the table and between the man and woman sits another man, wearing a cuirass and a hat, who faces the spectator ; he holds a mug in his hand and looks up with a smile at the woman. From the right a little girl holding a pot comes across the courtyard. In the left background is seen the tower of the Nieuwe Kerk at Delft. The picture agrees exactly with that in the collection of Lady Wantage (297), except that in the Wantage picture the figure of the man behind the table is absent. The figures are unusually small in relation to the space, but the effect of sunlight is delicately rendered. Canvas, 30^ inches by 25^ inches. An old copy was in a Dutch dealer's possession in 1903. Described by Waagen (ii. 1 30). Sales. C. S. Roos, Amsterdam, August 28, 1820, No. 51 (600 or 750 florins, Van Eyk). (Possibly) S. A. Koopman, Utrecht, April 9, 1847 if Sm. is wrong in saying that it belonged to Baron de Rothschild in 1842. [Compare 299.] In the possession of Baron L. de Rothschild, 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of Lionel de Rothschild, London. Now, probably, in the collection of Mr. Alfred de Rothschild. 296. Courtyard with a Girl. In a courtyard at the back of a house, a little girl, holding a broom and a piece of rag, watches two chickens feeding. The open door of the courtyard looks upon a landscape. Signed with a monogram ; canvas, 18^ inches by 16^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1878, No. 106. In the collection of Lionel de Rothschild, London. 297. COURTYARD WITH A MAN SMOKING AND A WOMAN DRINKING. Sm. 30 ; de G. 56. This picture corresponds precisely to the Rothschild picture (295), except that the figure of the second man is here absent. It is an excellent work. Canvas, 30^ inches by 25! inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Supplement, p. 131). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871 and 1888, No. 35 ; at the London Guildhall, 1892 ; and at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1900.