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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 381 239. A SLEEPING WOMAN. A soldier holds a match under her nose. She sits on a chair beside a table, on which stands a lighted candle. Another soldier lights his clay pipe at the table. On the floor in front is a large lamp. At the back a maid-servant carrying a candle comes in at the door. Panel, n inches by 9 inches. In the collection of M. Flersheim, Paris. 240. A GIRL DOZING OVER HER LACE-PILLOW AND A YOUNG MAN TICKLING HER. In the light of an oil lamp. The girl sits asleep with her mouth wide open, in the centre, turned slightly to the left. The young man stands behind her to the left. On the floor in the left foreground is a large lantern. In the background to the right is a table with a striped cloth, on which are a large book and a basket of fruit. Panel, 14^ inches by n inches. Wrongly described as the work of G. Dou ; see Dou 224 (vol. i. p. 421). In the collection of P. von Semeonoff, St. Petersburg, 1906 catalogue, No. I 33 as the work of G. Dou. 241. A SLEEPING GIRL AND A CAVALIER. In a wine-cellar, a girl has fallen asleep on a cask. A gentleman surprises her there and holds up a candle to see her. At the back a boy looks over the balustrade of the staircase. A good picture. Panel, i8| inches by 14^ inches. Sales. S. J. Stinstra and others, Amsterdam, May 22, 1822, No. 158. Amsterdam, December 9, 1902, No. 55 (200 florins, Fred Miiller and Co.). 2410. A Dutch Room with a Nurse asleep in an Arm-Chair. She sits beside a cradle in front of the hearth. In a double-bed a sick man lies beside his wife. Panel, 10^ inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Sigmund Werner, Vienna, February 16, 1903, No. 54. 242. THERE'S NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTES. Sm. 104 and 87. In front is a young man smoking. At the back are two lovers. Candlelight. [Pendant to 156.] Signed in full on the right at foot ; panel, 17 inches by 12 inches. Engraved by J. E. Marcus. In the collection of A. L. van Heteren, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 460) ; bought in 1809 for the Rijksmuseum. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1911 catalogue, No. 2142. 243. THE SMOKER. Sm. 14 and 85. He sits at a table, behind which another man pours out a glass of liquor. Candlelight. [Pendant to 237.] Canvas, 18 inches by 15 inches. The Amsterdam catalogue states that this picture was in the Caudri sale, Amsterdam, 1809. But this is improbable, first, because the picture was bought