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 ii GABRIEL METSU 265 her. With her right hand she tilts up a bowl of fish to show it to a young maid-servant standing to the right. She holds out her left hand to take a coin from the girl, who carries on a plate the fish that she has chosen. The old woman has a black cap and dark dress with a white collar ; the girl wears a red bodice and blue skirt, with white sleeves and cap. Upon the corner of the table is a white cloth with onions lying on it. In the left foreground is a barrow full of vegetables ; behind it, suspended from the left door-post, is a pair of scales. The picture has a fine grey tone. It is an "excellent picture" (Sm.). Signed in full above the door ; canvas, i8J inches by 15 inches. Described by Waagen (Suppl. 87) in the Marquess of Hertford's collection. Engraved in mezzotint by D. Koedijk and by C. H. Hodges. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1892, No. 91. Sales. (Possibly) J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 159 (750 florins). (Possibly) G. Crawford of Rotterdam, London, 1806 (^252). (Possibly) At Christie's, London, 1807 (189). Afterwards in the collection of the Marquess of Hertford ; according to Smith it was in 1833 in the collection of King William IV., but this seems to be a mistake. [Cf. 48.] In the collection of Sir Richard and Lady Wallace. Now in the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 234. A similar picture by Dou, with which Sm. confused the above, is at Buckingham Palace. See Dou (127), which may be the picture of the above sales. 34. A WOMAN SELLING HERRINGS AND FRUIT. Sm. 59. A woman, wearing a red jacket, a white cap, and a black hat, sits at a stall holding up a herring which she has taken from a tub in front of her. A tub of apples stands on a basket at her side. An excellent work. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner ; panel, 7^ inches by 6| inches. Described by Waagen (ii. 43). Engraved in the " Stafford Gallery." Sales. G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 132 (400 florins, H. Pothoven,). Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June ii, 1800, No. 36 (700 florins, Westerwoud). Now in the Bridgewater Gallery, London, No. 217 (where Sm. saw it in 1833). 35. AN OLD WOMAN SELLING FISH. Sm. 27 and 68. An old woman, whose figure is seen in three-quarter length, sits to the right at a table upon which is a tub of herrings ; she points with her left hand to a herring which she holds up by the tail. She wears a black felt hat over a white cap, a red dress, with a black jacket and a white collar. Above the tub to the right is a white lily ; on the front of the table are some onions. Behind the woman is the wall of a house overgrown with creepers. It is a very fine work. Signed in full ; panel, 10 inches by 8^ inches. Described by Descamps as in the Voyer collection. Sales. Philip Cosson, Amsterdam, March 18, 1729, No. 7 (121 florins). Hasselaar, Amsterdam, April 26, 1742, No. 5 (300 florins).