Old and modern masters in the collection of . THE MUSIC PARTY PIETER DE HOOCH. [4] PIETER DE HOOCH BORN at Rotterdam in 1629. Died at Am^erdam after1684. Said to he a pupil of Nicolaes BercKem. His earlyworks sKo\v tKe influence of tKe soldier painters of tKe FransHals scKool and of tKe pupils of Rembrandt, especially KarelFabritius. He flr^ ^vorked mo^ly at Delft, later at Am^er?dam (from about 1665). Genre and portrait painter. THE MUSIC PARTY On a terrace leading at tbe rear into a park and skeltered by acurtain looped again^ a piUar, a young lady is seated singing;sKe v/ears a

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Old and modern masters in the collection of . THE MUSIC PARTY PIETER DE HOOCH. [4] PIETER DE HOOCH BORN at Rotterdam in 1629. Died at Am^erdam after1684. Said to he a pupil of Nicolaes BercKem. His earlyworks sKo\v tKe influence of tKe soldier painters of tKe FransHals scKool and of tKe pupils of Rembrandt, especially KarelFabritius. He flr^ ^vorked mo^ly at Delft, later at Am^er?dam (from about 1665). Genre and portrait painter. THE MUSIC PARTY On a terrace leading at tbe rear into a park and skeltered by acurtain looped again^ a piUar, a young lady is seated singing;sKe v/ears a -wbite silk dress and marks time witb her rightband. A cavalier seated at tbe opposite side of tbe table ac=companies ber on tbe lute. A young lady, dressed in blue,i^ands reding ber band on tbe table, v^bicb is covered witb adark^red Asia minor rug; another, dressed in red, carrying asmall lute in her right hand, advances through a door on theright. Beyond the park a building resembling the Am^erdamTov/n Hall is visible. Evening sky. On the right hand the monogram PH. Canvas: H. 26 in

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