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ii GABRIEL METSU 291 Near her is an infant in a cradle. On the floor are various cooking utensils. Signed to the right on a plank ; canvas, 26 inches by 21 i inches. In the collection of Count von Berchtolt. Sale. Hauptmann, Paris, March 22, 1897, No. 35. i32<7. A Woman at a Pump in a Barn. In a barnlike interior filled with various household utensils, a woman stands near a pump, clean- ing a kettle. On the floor are pots, pans, vegetables, and other things. Canvas, 1 8 inches by 24 inches. Sale. D'Eve and others, Cologne, March 20, 1899, No. 82. 132^. The Housewife. She places a basket full of vegetables on a table. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner " G. M." ; panel, 13 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Lachmann and others, Munich, June 2, 1902, No. 221. 133. A YOUNG WOMAN GIVING A FISH-BONE TO A CAT. Sm. 2 and Suppl. 2. A young woman, seen at half-length, sits on a bench beside a pump. She wears a brown dress and a white cap and collar. She has a herring in a plate on her lap, and holds a piece of bread in her left hand. With her right she holds out a fish-bone to a cat which jumps at her. In the right foreground a dead fowl lies on a cask. On a bench to the right is a vase with flowers. At the back of the room there is a door to the right. The picture is very carefully executed, but some- what smooth and cold ; it is of the later period. " An excellent picture " (Sm.). Signed in full in the centre at top ; panel, 13 inches by loj inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, and at The Hague, 1890, No. 55. [Wrongly identified by Sm. with the picture of the Bierens sale, 1747, which is 134.] Sale. J. Goll von Franckenstein, Amsterdam, July i, 1833, No. 49 (1550 florins, Engelberts). In the collection of Messchert van Vollenhoven, ne'e Van Lennep, Amsterdam. The property of the .city of Amsterdam, 1892. Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1903 catalogue, No. 1557. 134. AN ELDERLY WOMAN TAKING HER REPAST. Sm. Suppl. 4. In an interior an old woman sits to the right near a table, facing the spectator ; she is eating soup out of an earthenware pan, which she holds on her lap. She wears a dark jacket, a red skirt, a blue apron, and a white cap. On the table are an earthenware jug, bread, cheese, and other things. On the floor in front are a cat, a shoe, and an overturned pot. To the left is an open window and to the right a door ; at the back a small press stands against the wall. "An admirable work of art" (Sm.). Signed in full ; panel, 14! inches by II inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1901 ; probably identical with the picture exhibited at Amsterdam, 1841. Sale. Antoni Bierens, Amsterdam, June 20, 1747 (Hoet, ii. 522), No. 3 (590 florins).