_Jacob Ochtervelt_ (Dutch: died before 1710).
Jacob Ochtervelt (sometimes called wrongly Jan, and Achtervelt
or Uchtervelt) was born probably at Rotterdam. He formed
his style on the model of Terburg, to whom his pictures are
sometimes attributed (see, for instance, an example in the
Venice Academy formerly given to Terburg).
A beautiful example of a painter, by whom pictures in good condition
are rare--a harmony in pink and grey and brown. There is poetical
feeling, too, in the lady's attitude and the man who looks up intently
at her; as also some humour in the dog turning his attention to an
intruder.