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 iv PIETER DE HOOCH 499 chair, pulling on his stockings. A fur-trimmed cape and a hat lie near him on a table covered with a cloth. In the foreground a comely servant- girl stands, holding with both hands a dish and a mug. An open door looks into another room ; the sun shines on the wall. Canvas, 22 inches by 27 inches. Sale. Aron de Joseph de Pinto, in Amsterdam, April n, 1785, No. 2. 8 1. A Young Lady at her Toilet. A young lady in a red silk jacket and blue satin skirt is combing her hair at her toilet-table. Panel, 14 inches by 10 inches. Sale. J. C. Werther, Amsterdam, April 25, 1793, No. 77. 82. In the Bedroom. In a room hung with leather and decorated with pictures, a young woman is pinning lace on her shoulders. On the other side of the room a servant-girl is making the bed. A little dog lies on a chair watching the movements of his young mistress. Canvas, 22 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Boymans, in Utrecht, August 31, 1811, No. C 43. 83. Lady at her Toilet. In a room sits a well-dressed lady at a toilet -glass which stands on a table covered with a Persian carpet. A maid is dressing her hair. Upon the table lie various trinkets and other objects. Canvas, 42 inches by 48^ inches. Sale. Aubert, in Brussels, August 8, 1821, No. 53. 84. The Bedroom. Sm. 36, Suppl. u. In a room a woman is making a bed ; beside her stands a child. There are various articles of furniture. At the back an open door gives a view of neighbouring houses and of trees in brilliant sunshine. [Compare 78.] About 22 inches by 28 inches. In the Six van Hillegom collection, and brought to England before 1833 by Chaplin. Probably identical with Smith, Supplement II. This, a replica of Lord Stafford's picture (78) with slight variations, was in the possession of Edmund Lloyd, of Manchester, in 1842 (Sm.) ; according to Burger (p. 319) it had probably been in the Six collection. 85. A Sick Man tended by Two Women. A stately woman sits by a bed in which a young man is lying ; she converses with a maid- servant who stands behind her holding a glass. Canvas, 28 inches by 32^ inches. Sale. Brun of Geneva, in Paris, November 30, 1841, No. 21. 85^7. A Woman in Childbed. Collection of the widow J. J. Beckeringh ; exhibited in Amsterdam, 1845, No. 43. 86. Woman and Child in a Room. A woman in a red jacket stands on the right with drapery in her hand. A child stands in the