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 4i2 GERARD DOU SECT. 193. A Herring- Woman and a Maid-Servant. M. 254. A replica of 192, or possibly the original of it as the St. Petersburg cata- logue of 1901 suggests. Signed "G. Douw," and dated 1651. In the Pommersfelden collection as early as 1719. Sales. Count Schonborn of Pommersfelden, Paris, May 17, 1867, No. 19 (42,000 francs). B. Narischkine, Paris, April 5, 1883, No. II (50,000 francs). 193*2. A Herring- Woman and a Maid-Servant. Sm. Suppl. 17 ; M. 254^. A replica of 193. "This picture has been so severely injured by the sun, and the consequent restoration, that its originality is rendered doubtful " (Sm.). Martin thinks it a copy. Panel, 18 inches by 13^ inches. Engraved in the Stafford Gallery. In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 231. 194. A HERRING-WOMAN AND A BOY. M. 256*. Two figures at an arched window of stone. The same composition as in the Hermitage pictures (190 and 191). Signed at the bottom. Now in collection of Count Orloff-Davidoff, St. Petersburg. 195. A Woman selling Fruit and Fish, with Two Girls. Sm. Suppl. 1 1 ; M. 262. Through an arched window is seen a lofty room, in the right foreground of which an old woman sits on a low chair. She holds a pair of scales in her left hand, and with the right hand takes a coin from a young girl standing to the left. A child stands behind, facing the spectator. On a wooden bench in the right foreground is a large earthen- ware pot, in which is a copper pan ; some flat fish are hung above it. On the left is a more elaborate still-life group, of baskets, fish, fruit, and other things, with a basket of eggs hanging above. On the left are an open door and window, admitting the light. Above hang a curtain and a bird-cage. The figures are almost full-length. The picture was formerly attributed to Van Staveren. Bode and Martin regard it as an unfinished work by Dou, but it is not careful enough for him, and is too restless in colouring and composition. Signed "G. Douw" in cursive letters; panel, 19! inches by 14^ inches. A copy is at Wiirzburg. Sale. Van Schuylenburch, The Hague, September 20, 1735, No. 53 (175 florins, Van Haaften). In the Duke of Mecklenburg's collection, Ludwigslust, 1842 (Sm.). Now in the Schwerin Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 330. 1950. A Herring- Woman. With many accessories. By G. Dou and Karel de Moor. Copper and panel, 13 inches by 9^ inches.