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564 PIETER DE HOOCH SECT. stand near the entrance. The gentleman plays a flute ; the lady listens to him. On the other side is a wall, with a trellis overgrown with creepers ; behind it are trees. In the foreground, beside the path, are rose-bushes and other flowers, whose colours sparkle in the sunlight. " This appears to be an early work, as it is painted in a neat and careful style" (Sm.). Panel, 20 inches by i6| inches. Brought to England by Woodin, 1840. Exhibited at the British Gallery. Compare the picture of the Ploos van Amstel sale (310). In the collection of Edward N. Dennys, in 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Mrs. John Ashley. London, May 31, 1907, No. 40 (630, Agnew). 313. A Game of Ball in the Park of a Country House. Canvas, 26 inches by 28| inches. Exhibited in the Champs Elysees, Paris, 1866. In the collection of the Marquis de Colbert Chabaunais, in 1866. 314. A Hawking Party. [Compare 315*.] Sale. J. Harding, in London, 1885 (,86:25.). 315. YOUNG WOMAN SITTING IN A BALCONY. There is a view across a park. The lady wears a white silk dress and a grey bodice. She has taken an apple from a white china plate on a table beside her. The picture is genuine, but has been repainted. Signed on the balustrade of the balcony, " P. H. " ; canvas, 8| inches by 6| inches. Exhibited at The Hague, May 1890, No. 43. In the possession of A. Philips of Maastricht. Sale. Philips-Neven, in Cologne, March 24, 1892, No. 57. 315*. A Pleasure Party with Horses and Dogs. They halt at the entrance to a park and converse with a wayfarer. Sale. George, Earl of Egremont, in London, May 21, 1892, No. 59. Compare the picture of the Harding sale, 1885 (314). 315^. Park of a Dutch Mansion with Figures. Sale. Oxenbridge, in London, December 9, 1899, No. 65. 316. Ladies in a Garden. In the right foreground of a garden laid out in the French style stand two well-dressed young ladies. One has her back to the spectator, but turns her head towards him ; the other holds some flowers. Behind them to the right a cavalier, or a gardener, wearing a large hat, is on his knees picking flowers. To the left of the ladies a straight path leads away into the distance, where a gentleman is seen approaching ; in the foreground is a wheelbarrow full of plants. In the left foreground two young women stand at the garden-door close to a girl with bare feet, who carries two large baskets by a yoke. One woman takes something from the baskets. In the background to the right is a mansion with a flight of steps, upon which a gentleman is standing. In a flower-bed in front of the house is a nude statue of Flora. The garden is