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 332 GABRIEL METSU SECT. 2460. A Man's Portrait. 4 inches by 3 inches, oval. Sale. D. van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 105 (3 florins). 246^. A Man's Portrait Copper, 4 inches by 3^ inches. [Possibly identical with 246*7.] Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May i, 1837, No. 440. 246^. Portrait of a Scholar. Signed in full, io inches by 8 inches. In the Mestern collection, Hamburg, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 113). 246^. Portrait of an Old Man in Black, with a Moustache. Canvas, 22 inches by 18 inches. In the collection at Ssder, Hanover, sold 1859 (Parthey, ii. 113). 246-?. Portrait of a pale, fair-haired Child, asleep in a Bed. 5 inches by 5 inches. In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 76. 2467: A Child asleep in a Bed. In the collection of Ssder, Hanover, sold 1859 (Parthey, ii. 113). 246^. Portrait of a Boy, half-length. Canvas, 37 inches by 28 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 19, 1826, No. 23 (206 florins, Roos). 246^. A Boy with a Hawk. A half-length, life-size. The boy appears to be walking. Canvas, 26 inches by 21 inches. Sales. De Beehr and Van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, November 14, 1825, No. 59 (77 florins, Engelberts). Amsterdam, May 14, 1832, No. 55 (1000 florins, De Vries). Jelgerhuis and Saportas, Amsterdam, December 12, 1836, No. 26. 247. Portrait of a young Girl. She wears a muslin cap on her forehead, and a black dress with a white collar. She has sparkling brown eyes, and an open and genial countenance. Panel, 4 inches by 3 inches. Now in the Douai Museum, Escallier bequest, 1869 catalogue, No. 236. 248. Portrait of a Lady. Sm. Suppl. 14. A lady, about thirty- four years of age, with her fair hair in curls, stands in full length at her toilet-table, almost facing the spectator. She has a book in one hand and holds up her skirt with the other. She wears a light blue satin dress embroidered with gold lace. On the table, which is covered with a Turkey carpet, are a mirror, a silver box, and a candlestick. A spaniel frisks at her feet. " This production is of superlative quality " (Sm.). Signed "G. Metsu A 1667"; panel, 22 inches by 16 inches. See Oud Holland, i. 80. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, No. 115. In the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam, 1842 (Sm.). Now, probably, in one of the Rothschild collections, Paris.