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 294 GABRIEL METSU SECT. 141. A Woman cutting Bread, with a Boy. A woman in a kitchen is cutting bread and butter. On a table before her are plates of butter and cheese, with a beer-jug and a pewter-pot. The woman's child plays near her, making a puppy jump at a piece of bread. On a cask in the back- ground is a cage with two birds in it. A slate hangs on the wall. Upon a shelf are a large bottle, a mortar, and an earthenware pot. Panel, 12^ inches by 14 inches. Sale. De Burtin, Brussels, July 21, 1819, No. 101. 142. A Family at Table (or, The Dessert). Sm. 77. A lady, a gentleman, and their young daughter sit at table in a well-furnished room eating fruit. The man, dressed in black silk with white linen bands, hands the woman some grapes. The woman, wearing a brown dress with gold lace on the bodice and a blue silk skirt, sits to the left. The girl stands at her side holding a peach. " A powerful and admirably painted picture " (Sm.). Canvas, about 21 inches by 19 inches. Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1832. Described by Descamps in the Lormier collection (Sm.) ; but no picture agreeing with the description above can be traced in that collection. Sale. Schrijvere, 1763 (410 florins). In the collection of the Earl of Harrowby, 1833 (Sm.). 143. The Breakfast. A fair-haired lady, wearing a satin jacket trimmed with ermine and an orange- yellow silk dress, sits facing the spectator. In one hand she has a jug of white delft stoneware ; with the other she holds up a glass of wine to a cage, from which a parrot comes out to drink. On the table, which is covered with an Oriental carpet, are a dish and a silver wine cooler. In the background is a green curtain, partly drawn back. Canvas, 30 inches by 22| inches. Sale. Ruelens, Brussels, April 17, 1883, No. 179. 144. A Mother and Child. On a rush-bottomed chair sits a poorly dressed woman, holding on her lap a child whom she feeds with a spoon. Signed in full below to the right ; canvas, 16 inches by 14 inches. Sale. A. Banner, Cologne, September 30, 1889, No. 82. 145. AN INTERIOR WITH TWO FIGURES. In the collection of the late N. von Rothschild, Vienna. . A Merry Company. Sale. D'Orvielle, Amsterdam, July 15, 1705, No. 55 (80 florins). i45/>. A Picture of an Assembly. Sale. Quiryn van Biesum, Amsterdam, October 18, 1719, No. 169 (51 florins). 145^. A Contented Company. 15 inches by i8i inches. Sale. Adriaan Bout, The Hague, August n, 1733, No. 65 (no florins).