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 410 GERARD DOU SECT. Described by Waagen (ii. 308). Engraved by Moitte. In the collection of Count Bruhl, 1750. In the Wombwell collection, 1857 (Waagen). Now in the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, London. 189. THE GROCER'S SHOP. Sm. 48 ; M. 260. Through an arched window the woman keeping the shop is seen behind her counter, facing left. She wears a purple skirt, a blue apron, a red bodice, and a white kerchief and cap. She is putting weights on a pair of scales which she holds in her left hand. In front of the counter, to the left, stands an old woman who is paying ; near her a young maid-servant leans with her left arm on a market-pail. A boy with a mustard pot stands behind. On the window-sill are some vegetables and an earthenware pot. A basket of eggs hangs on a nail. On shelves on the right-hand wall are various boxes and pots one pot being inscribed " R. F. V. S." with a mortar and a slate. The figures are half-length. " This picture is of the finest quality, and may be ranked about the seventh best of this master's produc- tions " (Sm.). Signed in full on the slate, and dated 1647 on the mortar ; panel, 15 inches by n inches, with rounded top. Described by Descamps. Engraved in the " Musee Royal." Sales. Jan van Beuningen, Amsterdam, May 13, 1716, No. 59 (1200 florins). De la Court van der Voort, Leyden, September 8, 1766, No. 1 8 (7150 florins, Foquet). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 76 (15,500 francs, Paillet). Comte de Vaudreuil, Paris, November 24, 1784, No. 41 (16,901 francs, Paillet). Due de Choiseul Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (34,850 francs, for the Louvre). Valued by the experts of the Louvre, 1816 (at 55,000 francs). Now in the Louvre, 1900 catalogue, No. 2350. 190. A HERRING -WOMAN AND A BOY. M. 255.- Through an arched window of stone is seen, on the left, an old woman, who has taken a herring by the tail from a tub standing on the window- sill. She gives it to a lad standing behind her j he takes it with his right hand and gives her a coin with his left. The woman wears a black hat over a white cap, a blue skirt, and a red jacket ; she is in profile to the right. A long-haired dog crouches growling on the window-sill. To the left of the dog is a cloth ; to the right hang a pair of scales and a basket of eggs. At the back of the room is a table covered with various articles ; near it are two windows. The corner of another table is visible in the front right-hand corner, outside the window. Pendant of 146^ while at Kassel. Signed in full on the window-sill ; panel, 16 inches by 12 inches. Formerly in the collection of the Elector of Hessen-Kassel ; at Schloss Altstadt, 1783 catalogue, No. 9.