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iv PIETER DE HOOCH 563 Exhibited at Manchester, 1857. Sales. (Probably) In Amsterdam, April 26, 1769, No. 51; but that was said to measure 32 inches by 28^ inches. Emmerson, London, 1829 (.178 : ios.). (Possibly) George Morant, 1832 (220: ios.); but Sm. considered this to be a replica, "much more elaborate in the finishing," and with several minor variations. Afterwards in the collection of Mr. John Walter, Bearwood. In the collection of the late Ferdinand Rothschild at Waddesdon Manor. 309. WOMAN WITH A GLASS OF WATER, AND A CHILD. Sm. 42 and Suppl. 14 ; de G. 73. This is a view in a Dutch garden on a fine evening. To the left is part of a house. A lady, wearing a red jacket, a brown apron, and a white cap, comes from the house with a glass of water in her hand towards a little girl in a brown frock with a white cap and collar, who stands on a path with her back to the spectator. Near a doorway at the end of the garden two gentlemen and a lady are conversing. Beyond them are some low houses with gabled roofs and trees. To the left is a bench, with a jug under it. On the path are a rake and a spade. .The sky is clear. The picture dates from the good early period. --^rOM Canvas, 25 inches^by^linches. In the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam, in 1842 (Sm.). Now in the collection of Baron Edouard de Rothschild, Paris. The pendant (n), an "Interior," was also in the Van Loon collection, but was not to be seen in that of Baron E. de Rothschild. 309^. A Flower Garden. Inventory of sale, Antonie Rinck, Amsterdam, August 27, 1661 (com- municated by Dr. A. Bredius). 309^. A Company before a House. Inventory of sale, Hendrik Moller, Amsterdam, June 25, 1677 (communi- cated by Dr. A. Bredius). 310. Garden Scene. Before a country-house stand a man and a lady, playing. Another lady walks in the flower-garden. [Compare 312.] Panel, 19 inches by i6| inches. Sale, C. Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam, March 3, 1800, No. 12 (21 florins, Coders ; according to Havard, 125, l). 311. An old Dutch Dwelling-House with four Figures. The light falls from above towards the background. It is an excellent, beauti- ful, and delicately painted work. Canvas, 29^ inches by 40 inches. Sale. Frau J. Stinstra, Amsterdam, July 2, 1829, No. 74 (1800 florins, Brondgeest). 312. View of a Mansion and Flower Garden on a Summer Morning. Sm. Suppl. 17. A lady in a blue jacket and red skirt is walking with a dog along a garden-path towards a house, whose owners