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works are scarce; but a sufficient number of them has been preserved to show that he strove to imitate different styles at different times. In a portrait dated 1645 in the Lichtenstein collection at Vienna he imitates Rembrandt; and he continues in this vein as See also:

LATE

late as 1653, when he produced that wonderful figure of a See also:

JEW, THE WANDERING

Jew looking out of a See also:

CASEMENT (from a Lat. form casamentum)

casement, which is one of the most characteristic examples of his manner in the See also:

BELVEDERE, or BELVIDERE (Ital. for " fair-view ")

Belvedere at Vienna. A view of the Vienna Hofburg, dated 1652, in the same See also:

GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery displays his skill as a painter of See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, whilst in a piece at the Hague representing a See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady See also:

READING

Reading a See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

Letter as she crosses a Courtyard, or a Lady Consulting a See also:

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor, in the Van der Hoop Museum at Amsterdam, he imitates de See also:

HOOCH, PIETER DE (1629-?1678)

Hooch. One of his latest works is a portrait of Mathys van den Brouck, dated 167o, in the gallery of Amsterdam. The scarcity of Hoogstraten's pictures is probably due to his versatility. Besides directing a mint, he devoted some time to See also:

LITERARY

literary labours, wrote a See also:

BOOK

book on the theory of See also:

PAINTING

painting (1678) and composed sonnets and a tragedy. We are indebted to him for some of the See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar sayings of Rembrandt. Hewas an etcher too, and some of his plates are still pre-served. His portrait, engraved.' by himself at the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fifty, still exists.

End of Article: HOOGSTRATEN, SAMUEL DIRKSZ VAN

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