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ii GABRIEL METSU 263 Sales. J. G. Cramer, Amsterdam, November 13, 1769, No. 60 (41 florins, De Monie). St. Loquet, The Hague, September 8, 1789, No. 33 (75 florins, Teissier). Amsterdam, June 21, 1797, No. 132 (18 florins, Wreesman). Dr. van Cleef, Paris, April 4, 1864, No. 61 (1400 francs, Meffre). 270. A Painter sitting in his Studio. He has before him on a table a jug, a glass, and a phial, and seems to be examining an object with a lens. Panel, 7^ inches by 6| inches. Sale. J. Caudri, Amsterdam, September 6, 1809, No. 47 (16 florins 10, Gruyter). 28. An Old Woman painting. Damaged, but genuine. Now in the Schloss collection, Paris. 29. A GIRL DRAWING A BUST (or, The Female Artist). Sm. 41. A young girl, dressed in a red jacket trimmed with ermine and a red skirt of shot silk,, sits in a handsome apartment, drawing from a bust placed on a table before her. Panel, 13^ inches by n| inches. Described by Descamps and by Waagen (ii. 104). Engraved in the " Poullain Gallery" by Basan, 1781, by J. Pelletier and by Bricket, and in mezzotint by W. Vaillant. Exhibited in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1890, No. 116. Sales. Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam, October 19, 1707, No. 44 (56 florins). Abr. du Pre and Petronella Oortmans, Amsterdam, May 19, 1729, No. 3 (260 florins). (Possibly) Jacques de Roore, The Hague, September 4, 1747, No. 87 (138 florins). In the collection of the Marquis de Voyer (where Descamps saw it). Sales. J. Tonneman, Amsterdam, October 21, 1754, No. 15 (610 florins). P. L. de Neufville, Amsterdam, June 19, 1765, No. 63 (1050 florins). De Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1781 (5000 francs). Comte de Merle, Paris, March i, 1784 (4800 francs). H. ten Kate, Amsterdam, June n, 1801, No. 124 (166 florins, Rijnders) ; possibly another picture. Prince Galitzin, Paris, 1825 (6600 francs). Imported into England by De la Hante, and purchased (for .400) by Alexander Baring before 1833. Now in the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange. 30. The Girl drawing. A young girl, seated before a bed-curtain, is drawing upon a sheet of paper which she holds on her lap. Some sketches lie on a table before her ; a guitar hangs on the wall. Canvas, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sales. (Possibly) Jacques de Roore, The Hague, September 4, 1747, No. 87 (138 florins, D. letswaart). Clave Bouhaben, Cologne, June 4, 1894, No. 267 (200 marks).