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 402 GERARD DOU SECT. Beside her is a pot of flowers. Catalogued as of an " unknown German school." ii| inches by 8| inches. Now in the Lasienski Palace, Warsaw, 1895 catalogue, No. 103. 1 68. AN OLD WOMAN WATERING FLOWERS. Sm. Suppl. 42 j M. 240. At an arched window of stone an old woman leans out to the left, holding a large earthen pitcher in both hands, to water a pot of flowers on a shelf in front of the window. She wears a cap. High up on the right is a bird-cage. The picture is good and well preserved. ItMs light in tone. Signed in full on the bird-cage ; panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. A copy is in the possession of Wesendonck, Berlin. Acquired from the Von Reith collection, 1811, for the Vienna Gallery. Now in the Vienna Gallery, 1896 catalogue, No. 1376. 1 68*. A Woman with a Water Jug. M. 242*. 14 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Cornelis Wittert, Rotterdam, April 1 1, 1731, No. 29 (420 florins). An Old Woman with a Pot of Pinks. See M. 232. At an arched window. With other accessories. 10 inches by 7 inches. In the collection of G. van Slingelandt, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 404). 169. A Woman watering Flowers. M. 241. At an arched window stands an old woman, holding in both hands an earthenware pitcher. She is about to water some marigolds in a handsome pot on a stand in front of the window. A vine is growing upon the right side of the window. High up are a bird-cage and a tray of food for sparrows. A drapery hangs over the window-sill, partly concealing a bas-relief of children at play, by Duquesnoy. Panel, 16 inches by 13 inches, with rounded top ; noted only in the first sale. Sales. J. A. van Susteren, Antwerp, June 26, 1764, No. 8 (225 florins). J. W. Barchman Wuytiers, Utrecht, September 17, 1792, No. 16 (112 florins, Karseboom). 169**. A Woman with a Jug. M. 2430. At an arched window of stone with bas-reliefs stands an old woman holding an earthenware pitcher to water some flowers. A cage hangs on one side, up which a vine is growing. Sale. D. G. van den Burgh van Kronenburg, Loenen, September 3, 824, No. 31 (78 florins, Soil). A Woman watering Flowers. M. 242. At a stone window, adorned with a relief of figures, stands an old woman holding a red jug to water a pot of flowers placed on a stone pedestal. In the window hang a bird-cage and a tray of bird-seed on which two sparrows have settled. A vine grows up on one side.