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376 GERARD DOU SECT. 99*7. A Woman praying. ii inches by 8| inches. Sale. Van Zaanen, The Hague, November 16, 1767, No. 6 (50 florins). 99^. An Old Woman praying. M. 292. Not an original. From the dimensions given by Parthey, it is perhaps a copy of the Munich picture (103). Panel, 12 inches by io| inches, or the reverse (Parthey, i. 355). In the Pflaum collection, Fahnenburg, near Dlisseldorf. 100. A WOMAN CpUNTING MONEY. Sm. Suppl. 36 ; M. 293. An old woman with a white cap and a purple cloak sits, facing three-quarters right, in an arm-chair at a table covered with a Persian carpet, on which are many gold coins. Her left hand grasps a money- bag, her right rests on the table. In the left background behind the woman is a room in which two men sit at a table by the window, count- ing money and noting the totals. In the foreground is a curtain ; a metal wine-cooler stands on the floor, and on the left lies an open book. Signed in full on a paper on the table, and dated 1658 ; panel, 15 inches by n| inches. In the De Bye collection, Leyden, No. 21, in 1665. In the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, where it was engraved. Sale. G. J. Vernon, London, 1831 (^105). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, 1842 (Sm.). Now in the Arenberg Gallery, Brussels ; W. Burger's 1859 catalogue, No. 14. looa. An Old Woman weighing Ducats. She wears a fur jacket and sits in an arm-chair at a table, on which is a small cash-box. An early work. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Gadertz, Llibeck, September 21, 1864, No. 127 (40 florins). 101. AN OLD WOMAN SPINNING. Sm. 94; M. 287. An old woman sits, facing the spectator, behind a spinning-wheel. She wears a red dress, a blue apron, a grey collar trimmed with fur, and a grey cap. On a table to the right are cheese, bread, and a beer-jug. To the left is an open window. A large basket hangs on the wall ; an earthen- ware pot stands on the floor. Signed in full to the right on the spinning-wheel ; panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Sales. Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June n, 1800, No. 38 (1220 florins, Barend Kooi). A. van der Werff van Zuidland, Dordrecht, July 31, 1811, No. 25 (1300 florins, B. de Haart). Now in the Gotha Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 240. 102. AN OLD WOMAN SPINNING. M. 288*. Very probably to be identified with 105. In the collection of Count Roman Potocki, Lancut.