Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 3, 1910.djvu/196

 1 82 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 131*. A Woman cleaning- Fish. Sale. Amsterdam, May 25, 1712 (Hoet, i. 145), No. 46 (49 florins). 131^. A Woman washing Mussels. Sm. 6. Dated 1647 panel, 17 inches by 15 inches. Sale. Lambert Witsen, Amsterdam, May 25, 1746 (775 florins) not mentioned by Hoet. 13 ic. An Old Woman selling Fish. Half-length. She wears a coloured cap, and sits asleep with folded hands. Panel, g| inches by 7! inches. Sale. J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 237 (70 florins, Coders). 132. A Cook cleaning a Fish on a Table. She is almost in full face. [Pendant to 80. Possibly identical with 118.] Dated 1665 ; panel, n inches by 9 inches. Sale. Marquis de Menars, February 1782, No. 67 (with pendant). 133. The Cook. She stands in a little courtyard beside her kitchen cleaning a fish on a table. She holds a knife. Half-length. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1668; panel, u| inches by 9 inches. Sale. Schneider, Paris, April 6, 1 8/6, No. 26. 133*. A Peasant Woman opening the Front Door of a House. Peasant utensils lie about. Panel, 10 inches by 8| inches. Sale. N. van Bremen, Amsterdam, December 15, 1766, No. 44. 133^. A Peasant Woman in front of a House. At the door stands a woman carrying a yoke. Farther away are domestic utensils. Panel, 10 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, March 6, 1769, No. 127. 134. A Girl scouring a Pan in the Open Air. Near a pump, beside which is a pail. Behind her is a cat. In a colander in front are a pike and a perch ; farther away are a broom and other utensils. Very fine. Panel, i inches by io| inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 26, 1775, No. 235 (71 florins, Fouquet). 134*7. An Old Woman cutting up Tobacco. In an interior. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Ch. Spruyt, Ghent, October 3, 1815, No. 91. 135. A Woman scouring a Pan. Sm. 233. She is at the back of a barn. In front are many rustic utensils, such as baskets, a tub, pots, and a copper pan, with some fowls. Light and sunny. Panel, 1 8 inches by 15 inches. Engraved by J. Louys.