CODDE, PIETER Dutch painter of the school of Haarlem, was born on Dec. 11, 1599, at Amsterdam. He was probably a pupil of Franz Hals, whose painting of the Doelen of "Captain Reaels," left unfinished in 1637, he was asked to complete. He was active as a genre painter at Amster dam and Leyden, and he liked to represent ladies and gentlemen dancing—Sievers' Collection, Dorpat (1627) ; Mauritshuis, The Hague (1636) ; Academy in Vienna (1633), or scenes with sol diery—Mauritshuis, The Hague (1628) ; Dresden Gallery (1628). He also executed some small portraits (National Gallery, Lon don). He died at Amsterdam on Oct. 12, 1678.