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 388 GERARD DOU SECT. her and the beggar. On the right is a barrow standing on end ; a basket and a couple of pots are hung on the top of it. On the left is a withered tree. Through an archway is seen the " Blauwpoort " at Leyden. Signed in full on a tub in the right-hand bottom corner, and dated 1654 ; panel, 18 inches by 23^ inches. In the Mannheim Gallery. Now in the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 395 ; where it was in 1829 (Sm.). 128*7. The Herring- Woman. The woman holds a herring in one hand and with the other takes a coin from a boy who leans with both hands on a pan. [Compare 191.] Panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 1811, No. D 17. 128^. The Retail Shop. M. 261*7. Probably similar to 187. According to Waagen it hung so high that no definite opinion could be formed about it. In the Oppenheim collection, London, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 329). i2$c. The Poultry- Woman. M. 269. A poultry-woman con- verses with a countryman. In the centre is a maid-servant followed by another rustic. To the right is a dog. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sale. C. H. de L., Brussels, March 2, 1887. i28</. A Vegetable Stall. Panel, 1 1 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Britten Slee and others, London, March 25, 1901, No. 117. 129. A LADY AT HER TOILET. Sm. 123 ; M. 303. In a lofty room a lady in a yellow silk dress and a fur-trimmed jacket sits before a toilet-table, covered with a Persian carpet, which stands near a half-open window. She is adjusting her earrings and looks to the left at the glass, which is so placed that the reflection of her face in it is visible. A maid-servant stands behind her, fixing hairpins in her hair. On the toilet-table are a white cloth and a finely wrought metal flask on a stand. The room is hung with gilt tapestry. A large curtain is caught up in folds on the right ; in front of it is a wine-cooler. To the left is a stool. There are pictures on the back wall, and a cage hangs from the ceiling. A flat stone arch frames the picture at the top. "This very capital and beautifully finished picture may be numbered among the choicest of this artist's works" (Sm.). Signed in full under the chair, and dated 1667 ; panel, 30 inches by inches. Sales. A. van der Werff van Zuidland, Dordrecht, July 31, 1811, No. 24 (75 florins, Van der Werf). H. van der Werf, Rotterdam, April 19, 1816, No. 8 (430 florins, Durselen). Now in the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 407 ; formerly in the Electoral Gallery, at Munich, in 1829 (Sm.).