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 ii GABRIEL METSU 271 Sales. Amsterdam, July n, 1714, No. 3 (161 florins). Amsterdam, October i, 1738, No. 15 (360 florins). J. P. Wierman, Amsterdam, August 18, 1762, No. 31 (1000 florins). N. Doekscheer, Amsterdam, September 9, 1789, No. 28 (3050 florins, Gildemeester). Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June u, 1800, No. 133 (200 florins, P. van der Schley). (Probably) Van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 104 (30 florins) ; but this picture was said to measure only 20 inches by 1 8 inches. In the Hoffman collection, Haarlem, 1833 (Sm.) ; this collection was sold June 2, 1846. In the possession of the dealer Nieuwenhuys. Sale. Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 60 (19,500 francs, Say). 55. A Woman weighing Money. Sm. Suppl. 35. A pleasant, middle-aged woman, wearing a brown jacket with a broad, white collar, red shirt, and a small white cap, sits at a table with a blue cloth, weighing money. She holds a coin in her right hand and raises the scales in her left. Upon the table are a leathern bag and a large open coffer. " Painted in the artist's free and masterly style" (Sm.). Panel, 9 inches by 7^ inches. Sales. P. J. Hogguer, Amsterdam, August 18, 1817, No. 51 (194 florins, Coders). L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, April 19, 1819, No. 53 (550 florins, Braf). Imported into England by Smith, 1841. In the collection of the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, 1842 (Sm.) and 1854 (Waagen, ii. 422). 56. A MAN WEIGHING MONEY. The man sits behind a table to the right, facing the spectator. He holds a pair of scales in his right hand and a coin in his left ; on his head is a fur cap. He looks towards a weeping woman who enters from the right ; she has a paper in her left hand, and with her right presses a handkerchief to her eyes. Upon the table, which is covered with a cloth, is an open cash-box with money lying near it. In the left background are a green curtain, which is fastened up, a press, and a picture hanging on the wall. Signed in full on a paper lying on a table, and dated 1654 (according to the catalogues of the Hooft and the Paris sales) ; canvas, 28 J inches by 26 inches. Etched by Leopold Flameng. Sales. (Probably) Amsterdam, April 9, 1687, No. 29 (103 florins). D. Hooft, Amsterdam, October 30, 1860, No. 4 (4100 florins, Roos). Paris, April 27, 1874, No. 61. Demidoff, San Donate, near Florence, March 15, 1880, No. 1137. 560. A Woman Fortune-Teller. A sketch. Sale. Swalmius, Rotterdam, May 15, 1747, No. 8 (6 florins).