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 280 GABRIEL METSU SECT. 93. The Toilet. Sm. Suppl. 38. A young lady in morning dress, consisting of a dark drab jacket and a yellow skirt, with a white cap, is seated at her toilet. She lays one hand on her bosom, and with the other holds a mirror on the table. In the background are a closed window and a curtain. It is " painted in a fine broad style like Ter Borch " (Sm.). Canvas on panel, io| inches by 8| inches. Sale. Marquess of Camden, at Christie's, London, 1841 (,87 : 35., Nieuwenhuys). 93*7. A Lady at her Toilet. With a 'cello near her. Sale. J. Rogers, London, 1847 (292, Nieuwenhuys). 93^. A Lady at her Toilet. The lady is seated, trimming her nails. A maid-servant holds a wash-basin. Canvas, 19 inches by 15! inches. In the Weyer collection, Cologne, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 113). 94. A Woman combing a Boy's hair. Panel, 15^ inches by io inches. In the collection at Soder, sold 1859 (Parthey, ii. 113). 95. A LADY WITH A DOG (or, The Favourite Spaniel). Sm. 4. A lady in morning dress, consisting of a red velvet jacket bordered with ermine, and a skirt of the same colour, sits with a sewing pillow in her lap at a table partly covered with a Turkey carpet. She takes in her hand the foot of a little spaniel which stands on the table beside a mirror. A basket of linen is on the floor at her side. In the background is a curtained bed ; at the side is an open door. It is a late picture. [Compare 98*.] Panel, 15! inches by I2| inches. Described by Waagen (ii. 43). Engraved in the Stafford Gallery, 1818, No. 72. Sales. ]. P. Wierman, Amsterdam, August 18, 1762, No. 33 (noo florins). Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June n, 1800, No. 135 (740 florins, Westerwoud). Now in the Bridgewater Gallery, London, No. 242, where Sm. saw it in 1833. 96. AN OLD WOMAN FEEDING A DOG. Sm. 22. An old woman with a white cap and a blue jacket sits at a half-opened door feeding a dog. An old man with a fur cap stands in the doorway looking on. In the foreground are a pan, a spoon, and a broken earthenware dish. The painting is brilliant and harmonious. According to Waagen its cool tone shows that it is a late picture. Signed in the usual manner upon a bottle standing on the window-sill ; canvas, i6| inches by 12 inches. Described by Waagen (iii. 476). Exhibited at the Guildhall, London, 1894, No. 60. Sale. G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 127 (1200 florins, P. Fouquet). Now in the collection of the Marquess of Bute, St. John's Lodge, London, Richter's 1884 catalogue, No. 107, where Sm. saw it in 1833.