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 (Band 9): Supplement (London: Smith and Son, 1842)

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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE WORKS OF
PETER DE HOOGE.

1. Domestic Occupation. The interior of a room paved
with tiles, and lighted by a small window high up on the left.
In front of a bed, placed in a recess, is a woman, dressed in
a scarlet jacket bordered with ermine, and a black velvet
cap, occupied looking at a child’s head. An open door gives
a view into an adjoining apartment, which is brightly illu-
mined by sunshine; from hence the eye looks over a half-
door into a garden. A terrier dog is near the door in the
front room. A well matured and very excellent production.
1/7. 8s by 1/7. 1J1.-C.
Collection of De Heer Faeche, Amst., 1833. 3500 flo. and 7^ per
cent. Bought in at 3127.
Now in the Collection of Mr. Vander Hoop, Amsterdam.

2. A Woman plucking a Duck. The interior of a room
illumined by a window composed of four casements, near
which is seated the mistress of the house, plucking a duck.
A basket of fruit and a jug are on a dresser, and a pail
stands by her side. A woman-servant, with a pot in her
hand is before a fire, with her back to the spectator, and
three pictures adorn the walls of the place. Described from
a drawing copied from a picture.

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