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 in GERARD DOU 377 103. A WOMAN AT THE SPINNING-WHEEL WHO SAYS GRACE. Sm. 118; M. 289. An old woman with folded hands sits, facing right, at a rude table set out for a meal. The table is a board placed on a three-legged stool. On it are a knife, a loaf, and a plate of ham. To the right is a large spinning-wheel, in front of which a dog lies asleep. To the left is an open window, into which vine-shoots are creeping. In the left foreground is a still-life group, including a kettle, a basket of linen, a jug, a mouse-trap, and a flat candlestick on a table. A bird-cage hangs on the wall behind the woman. [Cf.99*.] Signed in full on the spinning-wheel; panel, ioi inches by ii^ inches. Formerly in the Mannheim Gallery. At Munich, 1829 (Sm.). Now in the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 403. 104. AN OLD WOMAN (REMBRANDT'S MOTHER) AT THE SPINNING-WHEEL. M. 286. An old woman sits, facing left, on an overturned basket, opposite to the window, with a spinning-wheel before her. She is eating soup from an earthenware bowl, which she holds in her lap. She wears a fur cap, a purple jacket trimmed with fur, a bluish-grey petticoat, and a rough yellowish-grey apron. Behind the spinning-wheel is a table with a greyish-green cloth, on which are a kettle, jug, and book. In the right foreground is a tub, against which are propped a brown and an earthenware jug. In the left foreground are an earthenware pot and a cat, which laps from a dish. In the middle distance is a staircase. A lantern hangs from the ceiling, a bird-cage hangs at the window ; on the wall is hung an open leather wallet. It is strongly influenced by Rembrandt, and, according to Bode's catalogue and to Martin, was painted in or soon after 1630. The signature "G. D." to the right on the cask is probably a forgery ; panel, i6| inches by 2O| inches. Exhibited at Leyden, 1906. Sale. R. de Neufville, Leyden, March 15, 1736, No. 2 (100 florins). Now in the Schwerin Picture Gallery, 1882 catalogue, No. 326. 104*. An Old Woman with a Book and a Spinning - Wheel. M. 290. Acquired by Spiering for Queen Christina of Sweden, but returned by her to him in 1652 (Granberg, p. 56, No. 99). 104^. A Boy, a Maid-Servant, and a Woman spinning. M. 2970. In the collection of Queen Christina, 1652. (See Granberg, p. 56, No. 197, and M. Ch. ii.) 104*:. An Old Woman spinning. Sale. D. Grenier, Middelburg, August 18, 1712, No. 113 (42 florins). 104^. A Man asleep and a Woman spinning. M. 6. An old woman sits spinning in a room ; an old man is asleep. On the left is