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 278 GABRIEL METSU SECT. jug. A child plays with a dog. A maid-servant awaits the lady's orders for the market. Copper, 15 inches by 13 inches. Sale. J. A. Snijers, Antwerp, April 27, 1818, No. 118. 85*7. A Woman at her Needlework. Beside her is a basket. Canvas, n inches by 8 inches. Sale. De Beehr and Van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, November 14, 1825, No. 60 (50 florins, Engelberts). 86. A Woman spinning. A woman in a black velvet jacket sits at a spinning-wheel. Panel, 13^ inches by io inches. Sale. P. J. de Marneffe, Brussels, May 24, 1830, No. 194. 87. A LADY AT HER TOILET. Sm. 44. A lady, wearing a red dress and a white cap, collar, and apron, sits at her toilet-table. The table is covered with a carpet, and upon it are a mirror, a towel, and a brush. The single figure is finely rendered. Panel, 7 inches by 6| inches. Described by Waagen (Suppl. 87) in the Hertford collection. Sale. Jan Tak, Leyden, September 5, 1781, No. 17 (340 florins, Delfos). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford, London, which descended to Sir Richard and Lady Wallace. Now in the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 206. 88. A LADY HAVING HER HAIR COMBED BY AN OLD MAID-SERVANT (or, The Toilet). Sm. 74. A young lady, wearing a scarlet jacket trimmed with ermine and a yellow silk skirt, sits in her room ; an old maid-servant combs her hair. A table with a striped carpet on it stands near the window ; upon it are a mirror and other objects. A violoncello, a box with music-books on it, and a chair are in the foreground ; at the back is a bed. It seems genuine, but has been overcleaned. Sm. thought it "a fine and capital work by the master." Panel, 24 inches by 21 1 inches. Sales. Jonas Witsen, Amsterdam, March 23, 1717, No. 53 (195 florins). Jacob van Leyen, Amsterdam, April 17, 1720, No. 6 (230 florins). J. Rendorp, Amsterdam, October 16, 1793, and July 9, 1794, No. 37 (275 florins, Eberlein). Rijnders, Brussels, 1821 (2400 florins, Nieuwenhuys). Chevalier Erard, Paris, 1831, No. 93 (8000 francs, Rev. W. Clowes). Now in the collection of Sir F. Cook, Bart., Richmond, Surrey. 89. A GIRL AT HER LOOKING-GLASS (or, The Toilet). Sm. Suppl. 19. A three-quarter length. A girl is seated in profile to the left at a table covered with a Turkey carpet, upon which is a toilet-box ; she holds in both hands a mirror that stands before her. She wears a grey jacket trimmed with white fur, a small cap, and ear-rings. "This excellent little picture is painted with great breadth and freedom, in a greyish tint of colouring, and the figure is opposed against a light background " (Sm.).