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 in GERARD DOU 427 Signed in full on a paper fastened under the window, and dated 1656 (?) the last figure is uncertain and was formerly read as an 8 ; panel, 14 inches by n inches. Very probably in the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1665, No. 14 described as "Girl plucking Grapes by Candlelight, with a background." In the Dresden inventory of 1722, A. 498. Now in the Dresden Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 1706. 244/7. A Girl with a Cat by Candlelight. At a table, on which lies an open book, a girl sits stroking a grey cat. The group is lighted by a candle in a brass candlestick. Panel, 7 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Countess Reigersberg, Cologne, October 15, 1890, No. 45. 245. An Old Woman eating Soup. Sm. 75 ; M. 342. An old woman sits, facing three-quarters left, in a garret, eating soup from a pot which she holds on her lap with her left hand. On a stand to the left is a lighted lamp. Panel, 13 inches by 9^ inches. Described in the 1727 catalogue. Only known, otherwise, from the engraving by J. Huber in the " Galerie Orleans" (" Gale'rie du Palais Royal," 1786-1808). 246. A YOUNG WOMAN ENGAGED AT THE SUPPER- TABLE. M. 346. In a lofty room with a purple curtain drawn up at the top, a table is set out for a meal near an open window on the right. A candle in the centre of the table illumines the figures of a young woman behind the table and of a young maid-servant standing at the left-hand corner, in profile to the right. The woman with a smile raises her right hand and seems to question the maid, who shows her a piece of paper. The maid holds a lighted lantern. On the table are plates, rolls, glasses, and other things. In the right foreground is a chair with a footwarmer near it. On the left is the hearth ; a cage or lantern hangs from the ceiling. Formerly, the figure of an old man smoking by the fire was to be seen, but it disappeared after the Schonborn sale. [See 248.] Signed in full ; panel, 18 inches by 14 inches. In the Pommersfelden Gallery as early as 1719. Sale. Count Schonborn of Pommersfelden, Paris, May 17, 1867, No. 20 (13,000 francs, Khalil Bey). In the collection of Khalil Bey, Paris. In the possession of the dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris. Sale. Vienna, 1872. Purchased by the Frankfort Kunstverein, 1873 (6000 florins). Now in the Stadel'sches Institut, Frankfort, 1900 catalogue, No. 206. 247. AN OLD WOMAN AND TWO BOYS AT SUPPER. Sm. 116; M. 345. An old woman sits facing left at a table; she is cutting bread. She wears a cap and a small pleated collar, and her figure is strongly illumined by an oil-lamp standing on the table to the left. The elder boy, with his hat in his right hand, sits in the left foreground looking