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ii GABRIEL METSU 325 215. A GIRL WASHING HER HANDS AT AN ARCHED WINDOW. A girl, wearing a red jacket with yellow sleeves, a white apron and a white cap, stands holding a towel before a wash-basin ; beside it are another towel and a soap-dish. On the wall to the right is a large earthenware pot with a rope. The picture seems genuine, but is very dirty and smeared with varnish. Signed above the pot ; panel, 9 J inches by 8 inches. Sales. The Hague, July 15, 1749, No. 20 (45 florins). J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 178 (520 florins, with No. 179, Yver). [See 202.] Now in the Lasienski Palace, Warsaw, 1895 catalogue, No. 34. 215/7. A Woman with Fruit at an arched Window. Sale. Maria Beukelaar and Anthony de Waart, The Hague, April 19, 1752, No. 325 (29 florins). 2 1 6. A Woman at a Window, holding a Bunch of Grapes. Sm. 1 6. Panel, 7 inches by 5| inches. Sale. Julienne, Paris, March 30, 1767 (641 francs). 217. A Maid-Servant with a Hare at an arched Window (or, The Game and Poultry Dealer). Sm. 25. An elderly woman stands at an arched window holding a hare. A dead cock hangs on a tree at the side. Panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. [The picture of the Bierens sale, Amsterdam, 1717, identified with this by Sm., is probably "The Cook," at Munich (124).] Sale. G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 130 (545 florins, A. van den Bogaerde). 2 1 8. A Woman cleaning Fish at an arched Window. Panel, 20 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Isaac Stinstra, Amsterdam, June 30, 1829, No. u (180 florins, Chaplin). 219. THE BLACKSMITH'S SHOP. On the right the black- smith stands at an anvil, hammering a red-hot iron which he holds with his tongs. His sleeves are turned up ; he wears a cap. His assistant stands to the left beside the forge. On the ground in front are an iron head-piece, a large pair of tongs, a boxing-glove, and other things. This work resembles in style the pictures at Stockholm (204) and in the Salting collection (220). Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; canvas, 40 inches by 34 inches. Exhibited in Berlin, 1890, No. 174. Sales. J. R. Boelen and others, Amsterdam, November 5, 1856, No. 70. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881. In the collection of Karl von Hollitscher, Berlin. Acquired in Paris, 1904, with the help of the Rembrandt Verein. Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1904 catalogue, No. 1552*?.