iv PIETER DE HOOCH 515 138. The Music-Party. A music-party are seated at a table in a room. An open door at the back shows a sunlit distance. Canvas, 36 inches by 44 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, February 12, 1770, No. 39. 139. The Music-Party. To the right, in a handsomely furnished room, some ladies and gentlemen are seated at table. To the left are a gentleman playing a bass viol and ladies singing, with other accessories. Canvas, 30 inches by 51 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August. 2 2, 1785, No. 189 (70 florins). Compare the Duke of Wellington's picture (128). 140. A Couple Dancing. In an interior a gentleman and a lady, dressed in white silk, are dancing to the music of a lady who plays a bass viol. Canvas, 30 inches by 35 inches. Sale. Leyden, August 26, 1788, No. 57 (30 florins Marre). 141. The Duet. In a room sits a lady with a music- book on her lap. A gentleman plays a bass viol. A negro offers him a glass of wine. A gentleman sits at a table, and there are other figures. The perspective and the effect of light are good. Canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches. Sale. Jacob Bergen, The Hague, November 4, 1789, No. 13 (80 florins). 142. The Music-Party. In the foreground of a well-furnished room a girl rinses glasses in a wine-cooler. A gentleman holds a flute. Beside him a lady, seated at a table, is singing. Behind them a man plays a guitar. An open window looks into a courtyard. The sun- light entering the room is well rendered. Canvas, 27 inches by 52 inches (the disproportion of height to breadth is surprising ; probably there was a misprint in the catalogue). Sale. Pieter Gets and others, Amsterdam, January 31, 1791, No. 14 (12 florins, Wubbels). 1420. The Music-Party. A lady and two gentlemen. Panel. Sale. Pieter Oets and others, Amsterdam, January 31, 1791, No. 48 together with a picture of a scene with a parrot (116) (14 florins, Fouquet). 143. A Woman playing the Guitar. In a room a lady dressed in satin plays the guitar. At the back a company is assembled. The picture is fine in its light and shade. Canvas, 25 inches by 21 inches. Sale. J. C. Werther, Amsterdam, April 25, 1792, No. 78. 144. The Music- Party. Sm. 13. A party of three ladies and a gentleman are assembled in a vestibule of ornate architecture. Two of the ladies sit at a table covered with a Turkish carpet. The third, dressed in
