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 iv PIETER DE HOOCH 481 She wears a fur-trimmed jacket and a kerchief on her head. To the left a child lies in a cradle. In the left background is visible an upper room with a window. 24 inches by 18 inches. Formerly in the Destouches collection ; engraved by Blot in Lebrun's Galerie des Peintres, i. 52, 1792. 17. Lady beside a Cradle. Sm. 19. A richly dressed lady sits beside a cradle, in which is a baby. A basket of linen stands on a table covered with a Turkish carpet at her right. The open door looks upon houses on the opposite side of a street. Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804 (1903 francs, or 77). 18. Woman reading, and a Child playing with a Hoop. This represents a room lighted by a window and by an open door, through which is seen a lady walking across a terrace into a room hung with pictures. In the foreground sits a woman reading. Beside her is a child with a hoop. In the darker part of the room on the left there hangs a picture, rendered in harsh tones. [Compare the picture in the Arenberg collection, 5.] Canvas, 30 inches by 23 inches. Sale. Maystre, of Geneva, in Paris, April 17, 1809 (500 francs). 19. Woman with a Child in her Lap. Sm. 23. In a room sits a mother, holding on her lap a child wrapped in a woollen shawl. A long- haired cat lies before her j a box of charcoal stands near. Through the open door of the room a girl is seen going down a passage to meet her father at the house door. Canvas, 20 inches by 24 inches. Sales. H. Muilman, in Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 67 (426 florins, Hulswit ; Sm. says 640 florins). (Possibly) Madame H. A. M. Hogguer, nee Ebeling, Amsterdam, August 1 8, 1817 (310 florins, Isaak Schmidt). This picture was of the same size, but the description differs from the above in some details ; the mother sits at the fire, feeding her child with pap, and is interrupted by the servant-girl, who shows her a duck. 20. Lady and Children. A lady sits at her work, with three children beside her. Panel, 23 inches by 27 inches. Sale. In Leyden, August 2, 1816, No. 135. 21. Interior with a Woman and Child. In a sunlit interior is a lady, whose little son is playing with a hoop. At the back a young man goes down a passage leading to the courtyard. Panel, io inches by 13 inches. Described by Ch. Blanc, Le Treior de la Curioszte, ii. 358. Sale. Auguste Miron of Orleans, Paris, March 17, 1823. VOL. I 21