Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 4) (London: Smith and Son, 1833)

232 PETER DE HOOGE.
43. The Companion. The Interior of a room, with a win-
dow in the back of it, and a woman seated in front of the apart-
ment, with a child in her arms. Although these pictures are
well painted, they possess very little of that effect for which this
artist is so justly admired.
2 fl. ±in. by 1 ft. 10 in.—C. (about.)
Collection of M. Van Loone, Amsterdam, 1825.
44. The Interior of a Room, paved with gray and white
marble, in which a lady, dressed in a scarlet jacket, a yellow
skirt, and a white apron, is seated, leaning back in her chair,
and apparently listening to a gentleman, who sits at the side of
a table, reading from a paper, which he holds in his hand : he
is habited in the costume of the period, and has on a gold-laced
hat. This is a highly-finished production.
2ft. G| in. by 2st. 4 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Baron Van Brienen Vande Groote-
lindt, Amsterdam.
45. The Interior of a Room, with a window composed of
stained glass, concealed in part by a red curtain. A woman,
dressed in a dark-coloured jacket, and a scarlet skirt, stands
near a door, in the act of taking a basket of fruit from a boy,
wearing a gray dress and a white cap. The open door gives a
view across a vestibule, down a passage, at the end of which is
seen a woman at the half-door of a house. This is a clear and
most satisfactory example of the master.
2ft. 4| in. by 1st. 11 in. — C.
Now in the collection of the Baron Van Brienen Vande Groote-
lindt, Amsterdam.
46. The Interior of a Room, having a window at the side,
near which is seated a cavalier, with a glass of wine in his hand ;
he is apparently conversing with a woman, who sits opposite to
him, at needle-work. Through a door-way, at the back of the
room, are seen a river, and some vessels at anchor. This part