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 n GABRIEL METSU 289 Sales. J. Harman, London, 1844 (273, Nieuwenhuys). C. Perrier, London, May 5, 1848 (,252, Marquess of Hertford). Now in the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 242. i22a. A Woman cleaning Fish. Sale. Amsterdam, July 13, 1718, No. 22 (75 florins). i22b. A Woman cleaning Fish at a Pump. Panel, 12 inches by io| inches. Sale. J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June i, 1829, No. 80 (340 florins, bought in). 123. THE COOK. At a table to the right stands a young maid- servant holding a roasting-jack. On the table are a pan and a piece of meat. To the left is a plucked fowl. In the right foreground is a cat near a dish of fish ; on the wall at the back are various cooking utensils. It is somewhat hard in tone and colour, and reminds one of Ochtervelt. Signed in the left upper corner "G. Metsue" ; canvas, 21 inches by i6| inches. Now in the Berlin Picture Gallery, 1898 catalogue, No. 792*7; purchased in 1861. 124. THE COOK. Sm. 10. A woman in a red jacket and blue dress sits in a larder, with a dish on her lap and a spitted fowl in her hands. Near her hangs a hare, and at her side is a bowl of apples. The figure is seen at three-quarter length. Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner j panel, 12^ inches by 10 inches. Engraved by Wille. Sales. Antoni Bierens, Amsterdam, July 20, 1717, No. 4 (192 florins). Comte de Vence, Paris, February 9, 1761 (1224 francs). In the gallery at Zweibriicken. Now in the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1902 catalogue, No. 425 ; where it was in 1833 (Sm.). 125. A GIRL PARING APPLES. Sm. 12. A girl sits paring apples, with a basket of apples at her side. In front of her, to the left, is a table covered with an Oriental carpet, upon which are a hare and a small pail. It is thinly painted, so that the fibres of the panel are visible, but this does not seriously harm the effect. It is an excellent work. Panel, n inches by 10 inches. Pendant to "A Woman holding a Jug and a Glass " (200), also in the Louvre. Engraved by Daule, by Massard, and, in mezzotint, by C. Watson. Sales. The Hague, July 15, 1749, No. 18 (65 florins) ; pendant to No. 19. Pielhon, 1763 (1301 francs). Now in the Louvre, Paris, 1900 catalogue, No. 2463 (formerly No. 297) ; where it was in 1816 (Sm.). 126. An elderly Woman broiling Fish on a Gridiron. Sm. 26. A cat tries to steal a fish ; the woman threatens it with a knife. Panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. Sale. G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 131 (600 florins). VOL. i u