506 P1ETER DE HOOCH SECT. window is a bird-cage ; behind the parrot there is another picture on the wall. The colouring is cool and clear in tone. Canvas, 31 inches by 27 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Supplement, p. 99) ; by Ch. Blanc, Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 433-4.; and by Havard. Sale. Casimir Perier, Paris, April 18, 1838. In the collection of the Due de Berri ; brought to England in 1840 by Hume. Now in the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, in London. 114. THE PARROT. In the middle of the picture sits a young woman, in a silk skirt and a red jacket trimmed with fur, facing the spectator. With her left hand she dips a morsel into a wine-glass which she holds in her right. A little child, leaning on the mother's left, holds up a piece of cake to a parrot on a perch. Above, the cage hangs from the ceiling. To the left, behind a table with a cloth and a red water- bottle, stands a servant-girl with her back to the spectator ; she holds a little girl before a mirror. Above it hangs the portrait of a man. To the right, behind the woman, an open door looks through an ante-room upon the street ; a canal, with a stone bridge, is seen in the distance, with trees to the left and houses to the right. In the foreground is a little dog, for whom, perhaps, the woman intends her morsel. To the right of the door is an old Dutch cabinet, on which is some Chinese porcelain. Over the door is a relief of Venus and Cupid. Canvas, 30 inches by 26 inches. Described by Ch. Blanc, Le Tr'esor de la Curiosite^ ii. 470. Exhibited in Leyden, 1906. Sales. Rotterdam, August 3, 1811 (385 florins, Van der Haar). H. Croese, in Amsterdam, September 18, 1811, No. 117 (725 florins, Van Raven; and July 20, 1812 (507 florins, Van der Werf). J. Hulswit, in Amsterdam, October 28, 1822, No. 42 (1000 florins, Hopman). Bought by M. de la Hante (15,000 francs).* Sales. Frederic Kalkbrenner, Paris, January 14, 1850 (3650 francs, Castaing). J. Carayon-Talpayrac, Paris, March 27, 1893. In the possession of the dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris. Now in the collection of A. Schloss, in Paris. 115. Lady feeding a Parrot. In an interior, a lady in a white silk dress sits at a table covered with a Turkey carpet, feeding a parrot which perches at the door of a cage hanging from the ceiling. A dog, standing on the knees of a man seated by the table, lays its fore-paws on the table and sniffs jealously at the parrot. Behind the lady stands a maid-servant. Signed "P. de Hooghe" ; panel, 20 inches by 17 inches. In the possession of the dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, of Paris, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1905, No. 16.
