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 324 GABRIEL METSU SECT. 212. A WOMAN AT A WINDOW SCOURING POTS AND PANS. Sm. 87 and Suppl. 24. A woman, seen at half-length, stands at an arched window scouring a large pot. She wears a red jacket and a white collar and cap. On the window-sill are some pewter plates, a pestle and mortar, a candlestick, and an earthenware pan. The upper part of the window is overgrown with vine. Signed in full ; panel, 9! inches by 8 inches. Described by Descamps. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1890, No. 94. Sale. P. L. de Neufville, Amsterdam, June 19, 1765, No. 64 (204 florins). In the Noe collection, 1840 (Sm.). In the collection of the Rev. J. Clowes, Manchester, 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of William James, London. 213. A LADY AT A WINDOW, WITH AN APPLE IN HER HAND. Sm. Suppl. 41. A lady, seen to the knees, sits at a window with the top slightly arched, she holds in her left hand an apple which she shows with a smile to the spectator. She see'ms to have taken it from a dish of apples on the window-sill ; in her right hand is a knife. On the window-sill is a book. A bird-cage hangs from the ceiling behind ; at the back is another window. The window in front is over- grown with vine, a large bunch of grapes hangs on the left. Signed in full in front of the window ; panel, loj inches by 8 inches. Exhibited in Berlin, 1906, No. 83. Imported into England from Copenhagen by Chaplin (Sm.). In the collection of Edmund Higginson, Saltmarsh Castle, 1842 (Sm.) ; this was sold, June 4, 1846. Sale. Duval, Paris, November 28, 1904, No. 9 (27,000 francs, F. Klein- berger). Now in the collection of M. Kappel, Berlin. 214. THE SEMPSTRESS. Sm. 46 and Suppl. 12. Through an arched window a young fair-haired woman, wearing a brown dress and a green apron, is seen occupied with needlework in a room with sombre walls. She sits to the right at a table on which are a sewing-cushion and a handkerchief, and looks thoughtfully into the distance. On the window- sill are a pair of scissors and a wine-glass. A red-currant bush climbs about the window. To the left hangs a cage with a canary. This is a good picture, but is somewhat empty. The foliage has turned blue. Signed in full above the cage ; panel, 1 1 inches by 8 inches. Engraved in mezzotint by Vaillant. [A similar picture was in the sale of Willmet and others, Amsterdam, January 25, 1836, No. 127 (4.2 florins 50, Brondgeest).] Sales. Comte de Merle, Paris, March i, 1784 (1254 francs). Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794 (2550 francs). M. van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804 (2330 francs). De Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, May 9, 1808 (2330 francs). Duchesse de Berri, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 37 (5302 francs). In the Galitzin collection. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1838.