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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 369 In the Palace, Schwerin, 1792 catalogue, p. 77, N. 14. In the Palace, Ludwigslust, 1821 catalogue, No. 206. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 935. 2Qia. A Woman eating Broth. By candlelight. II inches by J inches. Sale. Van Mansveldt, Utrecht, April 8, 1755 (Terw. 122), No. 12 (38 florins 10). 201 b. A Woman with a Glass and a Jug. She pours out beer. She sits at a table in front of a curtained bed, at night. Half-length. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the collection of G. Winkler, Leipzig, 1768 catalogue, No. 526. 20 ic. A Lady eating Fruit. She sits at a table, on which are a lighted candle and a salver with a glass of wine. Very finely rendered and natural in treatment. [Pendant to iSia.] Canvas, 13 inches by 10 inches. Sale. J. Wubbels, Amsterdam, July 16, 1792, No. 297 (60 florins, with pendant, Yver). 202. A GIRL READING A LETTER. Sm. 80. Half-length, turned to the right. She wears a dress cut low at the neck, with slashed sleeves, and a hat with a feather. She sits at a table covered with a red cloth, on which stands a lighted candle. She holds a letter in both hands, and looks at the spectator. [Pendant to 219.] Signed in full at foot in the right centre ; panel, io| inches by 8 inches. In the La Bouexiere collection, Paris, from which Le Leu acquired it in 1754 for Dresden. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1787. 203. A Woman reading by Lamplight. [Pendant to 176.] Canvas, 16 inches by 13! inches. Sale. (Supplementary) Johan van Nispen, The Hague, September 12, 1768 (Terw. 676), No. 9 (135 florins). 203*. A Woman reading a Book by Candlelight. A night- piece. Panel, about 10^ inches by 8| inches. In the Kassel Gallery, 1783 inventory, No. 87 ; not now there. 203/5-. A Woman reading by Candlelight. Sale. R. Sondag and others, Rotterdam, July 5, 1813, No. 146. 203*:. A Woman reading by Candlelight. Panel, 8 inches by 6| inches. Sale. A. M. Penninck Hoofd, Amsterdam, April 19, 1819, No. 43*. 203^. An Old Woman reading. By candlelight. Very finely rendered. Oval copper. Sale. J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June I, 1829, No. 126 (50 florins, Hart). VOL. V 2 B