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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 345 122^. A Comely Young Girl holding an Oyster. Finely rendered. [Possibly identical with 123^.] Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Sales. (Probably) J. E. Grave and others, Amsterdam, May 5, 1806, No. 1 26 oval. Amsterdam, April 29, 1817, No. 90 (9 florins). 123. A Comely Young Girl eating Sweetmeats. Sm. 66, and Suppl. 1 8. She wears a red dress, and sits at a table holding a silver box from which she takes sweetmeats. [Pendant to 119.] Panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. In the collection of Diderik van Slingeland, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 406). Sales. D. van Slingeland, The Hague, November 16, 1790 (300 florins, Van Cleef). J. Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam, July I, 1833, No. 71 (141 florins, Woodin). Charles Brind, London, May 10, 1849 G l8 : 7 : 6, J. Brind) according to a MS. note by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue. 123^. The Oyster Woman. [Possibly identical with 122^.] Sale. M. H. Colnaghi, first part, London, October 22, 1908, No. 102. 124. AN OLD WOMAN WITH A BOOK ON HER LAP. Three-quarter length, life size, in full face, against a sky with light clouds. The old woman holds a book on her lap with her right hand, and has a pair of spectacles in her left hand. She has pulled her fur over her head. Signed in full to the right at foot j canvas, 32 inches by 27^ inches. Bought at the Easter fair at Leipzig,' 1727. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. A. 1771. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1788. . A Woman holding a Book. [Pendant to 275.] Canvas, 31 1 inches by 38 inches. Sale. Jacoba Keiser, widow of N. H. Domis, Alkmaar, June 2, 1766 (Terw. 538), No. 23 (25 florins, with pendant). 124^. An Old Woman reading. Seated. A good picture. Canvas, 13^ inches by 9! inches. Sale. Rotterdam, April 26, 1830, No. 67 (22 florins 5, Abrahams). ^. An Old Woman reading. An old woman sits at a window reading a book. Panel, 13 inches by n inches. Sale. Von Huene and others, Cologne, April 25, 1898, No. 109. 124^. A Young Girl singing. Very finely rendered. Sale. The Hague, May 3, 1729 (Terw. 6), No. 6 1 (190 florins).