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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 367 J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 294 (785 florins, Fouquet). Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (2301 francs, with a F. van Mieris). Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780 (5000 francs, De Courmont) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 12. Montaleau, Paris, 1802 (4801 francs). London, 1807 (^141 : 155., Lord Yarmouth, afterwards third Marquess of Hertford). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford, London, 1833 (Sm.). In the Wallace Collection, London, 1910 catalogue, No. 171. 196. The Woman sewing. In the centre of an interior a comely woman sits with a cushion on her lap, sewing linen by the light of a candle which stands on a table with a cloth. In front of her is a chair ; beside her is a cradle. Both the chair and the cradle, as well as a curtain hanging on the wall, are in shadow. Effective and finely rendered. Panel, 20 inches by 16 inches. Saks. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 366 (66 florins, Beekman). J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Rotterdam, November 12, 1827, No. 15 (125 florins, Van Ourijk). C. A. van Ourijk and others, Rotterdam, July 19, 1848, No. 69 (125 florins, Mertz). 197. THE LACEMAKER BY LAMPLIGHT. She wears a red costume, and sits by the hearth, at which a pot hangs over the fire. On the wall near her is a small oil lamp. Panel, 13^ inches by io| inches. Exhibited in the Rupprecht Exhibition, Munich, 1889, No. 31. Sale. H. T. Hoch, A. Rupprecht's successor, Munich, September 19, 1892, No. 191. 197*7. A Young Girl adjusting her Bodice. She holds a candle. [Pendant to 193.] Oval, 6| inches by 5 inches. Sale. Vassal, Paris, January 17, 1774, No. 49 (500 francs, with pendant). 198. A YOUNG WOMAN LOOKING FOR A FLEA.- She takes off her bodice, which is open at the bosom, with both hands, and looks carefully at the folds of the stuff. Her face is illumined by a candle in a tall and massive candlestick. Signed to the left below the candlestick ; panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. Sale. M. Rikoff, Paris, December 4, 1907, No. 18. 199. PUTTING OUT THE LIGHT. A young woman with her bosom bare blows out a candle from her bed. [A young woman, wearing a nightdress open at the bosom and a lace cap, is in bed, with her head to the left. She leans on her left hand and holds up in her right hand a lighted candle which she is blowing out. A brass candlestick stands on a metal pot on a chair in the left foreground. The bedcover