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 404 GERARD DOU SECT. coat-of-arms ; to the right and left are small lions, while children at play hold garlands. Panel, 15 inches by u| inches. Now at Buckingham Palace, London; described in the 1885 catalogue, No. 144, as a Metsu. 173. A GIRL WITH A BUNCH OF GRAPES AT A WINDOW. Sin. 107 ; M. 228. A replica with variations of the preceding (172). To the left of the window is a finch's cage in the form of a house with a stepped gable. A shield of arms is painted on the window. In the gable above there is no coat-of-arms or crown, in the place of which the ends of garlands held by children are visible. (Sm. says : "It is agreed by connoisseurs that this agreeable little picture is not entirely the work of Gerard Dou ; he may probably have touched upon the face, the rest of it is by the pencil of Van Tol.") Signed in full above the window and dated 1662 ; panel, 15 inches by n inches. Engraved by Massard and, in the " Musee Royal," by Forster. In the collection of Prince Eugene at Vienna, afterwards removed to Turin. Taken by the French under Napoleon to Paris, but restored in 1815. Now in the Turin Gallery, 1899 catalogue, No. 377 (old No. 39). 174. A GIRL AT A WINDOW. Sm. 40, and Suppl. 34; M. 226. At an arched window of stone, to the right of which hangs a finch's cage, a fair-haired girl leans out and with her right hand lifts up a curtain. In her left hand she holds out a basket of fruit to the spectator with a friendly smile. She wears a yellow jacket and white kerchief. On the right of the window-ledge is a dead pheasant. In front of the window, to the left, is a pot of flowers. To the left of the girl is seen the room behind her, lighted from a window on the left. The light falls on two figures seated at a table a man playing the violin and a woman singing. On the wall are a bird-cage and a picture. Beneath the window-sill is a bas-relief of boys at play. "This may justly be styled a diamond of the first water" (Sm.). Pendant to 155. Signed in full and dated 1657 ; panel, 15 inches by u| inches. Shown at the Arti Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1867. Sales. Loot van Sandvoort, The Hague, May 17, 1757 (2225 florins). G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 55 (4010 florins, Van Diemen or H. de Winter). N. Doekscheer, Amsterdam, September 9, 1789, No. 14 (7500 florins, Fouquet for J. J. de Bruyn). J. J. de Bruyn, Amsterdam, September 12, 1798, No. 17 (8100 florins, Yver). In the Six collection, Amsterdam belonging to Six van Winter in 1829 (Sm.) and to Six van Hillegom, 1842 (Sm.). Now in the Rothschild Collection, Waddesdon Manor. 174/7. A Girl with a Bunch of Grapes at a Window. M. 228^. In the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1665, No. 19 (/^Martin, Appendix iv.) ; very probably identical with 172 or 173.