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 378 GERARD DOU SECT. a pump, with an overturned bucket and a jug near it. On the right is a staircase leading to an upper floor. There are other accessories. Panel, i8 inches by 21 inches. Sales. (Possibly) J. B. Krauht, Amsterdam, October 7, 1771. J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 62 (610 florins, Yver). 105. An Old Woman spinning. M. 288. An old woman sits spinning in a homely room. Near her is a table half-covered with a cloth, on which are a knife, a piece of bread, and a jug, the top of which is broken. Very probably identical with 102. Signed in full on the edge of the spinning-wheel ; panel, 7^ inches by 9! inches. In the Due d'Orleans' Gallery, 1787. 1050. An Old Woman spinning. A half-length of an old woman in profile to the right, with a dark gown and white cap. Panel, 6 inches by 6 inches. Sale. L. von Lilienthal and others, Cologne, December 21, 1893, No. 231. 1 06. A WOMAN MAKING LACE. M. 294. Ascribed to Slingeland, but a late work by Dou, according to Dr. Bode (Jahrbuch der preussiscken Kunstsammlungen, iv. 207). Exhibited at Berlin, 1883. In the German Emperor's collection, Berlin. io6a. The Lace- Maker. M. 294*. A woman sits at a large open window with a lace-pillow on her lap ; she takes a rest from her work. On a table near her are a copper kettle with a cleaning rag on it, and a candlestick with the candle extinguished on a box. Half-length. Panel, 15^ inches by 12 inches. Sale. J. van Zurendaal, Leyden, January 25, 1785. Amsterdam, July 4, 1785, No. 231 (50 florins, Martins). 107. The Lace-Maker. A woman sits making lace. She is dressed in red j her straw hat hangs on her knee. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sale. J. Kamermans, Rotterdam, October 3, 1825, No. 15 (150 florins, Lamberts). 1 08. The Lace-Maker. M. 295. A girl sits on a chair by a large open window, with a lace-pillow on her lap. She wears a cap, yellow sleeves, and a reddish bodice. The picture is grey in tone and lacks accessories. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Seen by Sandrart between 1637 and 1641 in the possession of Spiering, who had had it returned by Queen Christina of Sweden. (See Granberg, p. 56, No. 193 ; Burger, Musees d'Hollande" ; and Martin, ch. ii.). Sale. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 1811, No. 622. Destroyed in the fire at the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1864.