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at his right; she has her music-book in her lap, and wears a greenish bodice and a yellow silk skirt. Between the two men is a boy, and behind him a couple. From the right comes a little dog. At the back of the hall a flight of stone steps goes up through a door. A second door on the right shows a well-lighted room, in which a young couple stand. Above these doors a copy of
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The cello-player sits to the right of the table, in full view of the spectator; he has long curls, and wears knee-breeches and a pink doublet with slashed sleeves over a white shirt with broad cuffs. He raises a glass with his left hand and holds his bow with his right. He looks at the lady sitting
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by Raphael, but in reality another painting was installed. The gallery is possibly the one in the southeast corner near the registry office for weddings, as there are three couples represented. Possibly the doorway on the right is meant to be the registry office itself.
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Owners of the painting include Pierre de Grand Pre, Paris, February 16, 1809 (bought for 2620 -francs, Paillet), James, London, 1892 (Thieme), and it is in the collection of the
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126. THE MUSIC-PARTY. deG. 34. On the left in a large hall, the left-hand portion of which is represented, sit three persons at a table covered with an
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The large hall, the left-hand portion of the painting, is a gallery of the main hall of the (then) Amsterdam City Hall, today the
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De Hooch made at least two more paintings with scenes of the interior of the Amsterdam City Hall:
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of Hooch and Hofstede de Groot's first list of Hooch paintings published in
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72 cm × 85 cm (28 in × 33 in)
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Young Woman with a Letter and a Messenger in an Interior
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A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable
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Index


Pieter de Hooch
Museum der bildenden Künste
Leipzig
oil
Dutch
Pieter de Hooch
Dutch Golden Age painting
Museum der bildenden Künste
Leipzig
Hofstede de Groot
Ispahan carpet
Raphael
School of Athens
W. Bode
Ch. Blanc
A. Thieme
Royal Palace of Amsterdam
View of a gallery of the Royal Palace
The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall
The Council Chamber in Amsterdam Town Hall
Going for a Walk in the Amsterdam Town Hall
Going for a Walk in the Amsterdam Town Hall
List of paintings by Pieter de Hooch
Comparative table
Catalogue raisonné
Oud Holland
entry 126 for The Music-Party
Musicerend gezelschap in een grote zaal
RKD

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