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 xx PIETER VAN SLINGELAND 435 In the collection of Madame Backer (read De Haan)-Bierens, Amsterdam, 1842 (Sm.) ; sold under the name of her father D. Bierens, Amsterdam, November 15, 1881 ; this picture was No. 17. Sale. E. Secretan, Paris, July I, 1889, No. 162. 4i<2. A Girl sewing 1. A young girl, seen at half-length, sits at a table, busy with her sewing. An unusually delicate piece of painting. Panel, 10 inches by jj, inches. Sale. M. Vogrich, Berlin, November 22, 1904, No. 133. 42. A Woman Cook squeezing Two Lemons. A cook sits in an arm-chair beside the hearth, the fire in which has gone out. She squeezes two lemons into an earthenware plate. She wears a black dress with a purple bodice and a grey apron. Her feet rest on a foot-warmer. To the right is a pail. On the floor are slippers and a large cabbage and other vegetables. Below a window is a table with a white cloth ; on it are a duck with its feathers plucked and a copper candlestick. The picture reminds one also of Gaesbeeck. Panel, 14^ inches by 13^ inches. In the collection of Lavalard de Roye, Paris. In the Amiens Museum, Lavalard bequest; 1899 catalogue, No. 58, as a Jan Victors. 43. A WOMAN AT A WELL. A woman, wearing a fiery red jacket, a blue skirt, and a grey apron, is at a well. Around her is grouped still-life, excellently painted. A very characteristic picture. In the Cavens collection, Brussels. 44. A KITCHEN SCENE. A woman in a light yellow and purple dress is busy with a bunch of carrots. Behind the table is a child. A very characteristic picture. In the Cavens collection, Brussels. 45. THE SCALDED FINGER. The interior of a kitchen, with cooking utensils lying strewn about on the hearth. To the left, a boy and a girl hold an earthen vessel. Panel, n| inches by 14 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition, London, 1882, No. 231, and 1902, No. 195. In the collection of the Right Hon. Lewis Fry, Clifton, near Bristol, No. 81. 46. A WOMAN IN A KITCHEN. A woman stands in a kitchen, surrounded by a varied display of still-life. She is busy cleaning. In the collection of Sir Hickman Bacon, Bart., Gainsborough. 47. A SCENE IN A KITCHEN WITH FOUR FIGURES. The types and the colour-scheme of light blue and light red are charac- teristic. The still-life is finely rendered. Dated 1679. In the collection of Earl Howe, Gopsall ; attributed to Diepraem.