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ii GABRIEL METSU 277 white cap sits, in profile to the left, at her work, at a table with a green cloth. She has a lace pillow on her lap. In the left foreground is one of her slippers. She converses with a man who stands to the left behind her, facing the spectator, and makes her a bow. With his right hand he takes up a glass of wine standing on a table to the left beside an earthenware jug. In the right background is a press, with a vase upon it. It is a pleasant picture, but does not count among the best works of Metsu ; it is in very bad condition. Panel, 14 inches by n| inches. Purchased from the Court Secretary, Von Reith, 1811, for the Imperial Austrian collection. Now in the Belvedere, Vienna, 1896 catalogue, No. 1370. 82. The Sempstress. Sm. 48. A lady is seated at her needlework. On a table before her are music-books, a cushion, and other objects. 8 inches by 7 inches. Engraved in mezzotint by Vaillant (Sm.) ; but the print is now apparently unknown. Sale. B. van Zwieten, Amsterdam, 1755 (105 florins), according to Sm., but see 84. 83. The Lace-Maker. A woman seated on a chair in a room has a lace pillow before her. With accessories. Panel, i inches by 10 inches. Sale. Caspar van Citters, Rotterdam, July i, 1811, No. 28. 84. A Young Woman with a Sewing Pillow. Sm. 47. A young woman, seen at three-quarter length, is seated in profile to the left, with her hands on a sewing pillow covered with a white cloth. She wears a small cap on the back of her head, pendants in her ears, a grey jacket trimmed with white fur, and a white apron. The room is lighted from a window on the left, with a blue curtain. On the wall at the back are two pictures, only the lower portions of which are seen. One of them, a flower-piece, is partly hidden by a curtain. Panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Described from a water-colour copy by R. Vinkeles, 1781, now in the possession of Dr. Hofstede de Groot. Sales. Rotterdam, April 27, 1713, No. 8 (430 florins). Anthony Deutz, Amsterdam, March 7, 1731, No. 2 (20 florins). Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, April 12, 1741, No. 144 (49 florins, bought in). Gerard Bicker, The Hague, April 4, 1755 (100 florins) (Hoet, ii. 464) ; this is identified by Sm. with the Vaillant mezzotint (see 82). In the collection of Jan Pieter Fouquet, Amsterdam, 1781. Sales. De Calonne, Paris, April 21, 1788 (860 francs). B. de Bosch, Amsterdam, March 10, 1807, No. 17. 85. The Mother sewing. In a sunlit room a lady sits at a table, sewing. On the table are a mirror, a vase of flowers, and a small china