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In Holland. 587 Pieter de Hooch (ab. 1632 — aft. 1681), the great colourist, was so long and so completely unknown, that his name has been frequently effaced from pictures in order to sub- stitute that of some other painter better known. In the science of light and shadow, Rembrandt himself has not surpassed him, and no one else has produced equally well the effect of a ray of sunlight crossing shadow in a room. Among his best works are the Return from Market, at the Hermitage, the Dutch Cabin, at Munich ; and the Interior, in the Amsterdam Gallery. De Hooch is better represented in the Dutch private collections than in public galleries. The Steengracht Collection has a Musical party ; the Van der Hoop Col- lection, besides a Musical couple, has three Interiors. A Garden scene is in the Van Loon Collection. In England, he is well represented in private collections. The National Gallery has two Courtyards of Dutch houses, and one Interior, all good examples of the master. A Card party, in Buckingham Palace, has great merit. Adriaan van der WerfF (1659 — 1722) painted historic and mythologic subjects. The Pinakothek, Munich, con- tains all the best pictures which Van der Werff painted for the Elector Palatine. The artist is seen in almost every continental gallery, but his works are not popular in England. Comelis Dusart (1660 — 1704) imitated with much suc- cess the style of Adriaan van Ostade. Though the National Gallery has no work by him, his pictures are seen in many private collections in England. The Amsterdam Gallery has the best of Dusart' s works ; a Kermesse, a Fish market, and especially the Village Inn, all works ot great merit.