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in GERARD DOU 381 operation on his mouth, in the presence of a woman and a surgeon's assistant. The room is lighted from the left. Panel, 32 inches by 27 inches, with rounded top. The left wing : An evening school by candlelight. A young woman and two youths sit round a table. The woman, dressed in a scarlet gown and blue apron, draws on a slate, to which a youth points. The other youth draws on a sheet of blue paper. At the back are three children, and a young woman descending a staircase with a lighted candle in her hand. The right wing : A middle-aged man with spectacles sits in an arm- chair at a desk, mending a pen by candlelight. The outsides of the wings were painted with allegories of Art and Science by Coxie. See Martin, ch. 5 ; Houbraken, ii. 5 ; Hofstede de Groot, Quelknstudien, p. 115. Copies. (i) By Laquy, in the Six collection, Amsterdam (M. 304*2). (2) By Laquy, in the Van Borsele sale, Amsterdam, October 20, 1857, and then in the possession of C. L. Kniphorst, Assen not the same as the preceding copy, as M. supposed. (3) By Laquy, in the Amsterdam sale, April 29, 1817 (180 florins, Roos), on canvas, 8| inches by io| inches (M. 304^). (4) By Laquy, in the Ploos van Amstel sale, 1800 (catalogue, p. 124, No. 17), and now in the Pape collection, The Hague (M. 304*). (5) By Stolker, in the D. de Jong sale, Rotterdam, 1810 (M. 304^). (6) By Delfos, in the Kleinenberg sale, 1841, No. A. 52 (M. 304^). The original was in the following sales. Amsterdam, April 20, 1701, No. I (4025 florins). Jakob van Hoek, Amsterdam, April 12, 1719, No. i (6000 florins). G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 53 (14,100 florins, B. Tideman, for the Empress Catherine II.). Lost at sea with other works of art in the Gulf of Finland, on its way to St. Petersburg. 114. A Woman with a Cradle. M. 309. A woman, seated in a room, holds a child on her lap ; another child lies in a cradle beside her. Near her are a spinning-wheel, a dog, and other objects. To the left is the hearth j farther back lie game and vegetables, partly on a table, partly on the floor. In the background a maid-servant is making the bed. Panel, io| inches by 13 inches. Sale. B. Ocke, Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 31 (201 florins, Huybrechts). i a. The 'Woman sewing. In a homely room a woman sits at a table by a window, doing her needlework. Near her a child lies awake in a cradle. Panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. [Compare no.] Sale. Munich, December 5, 1826, No. 105. 115. THE MOUSE-TRAP. Sm. i ; M. 273 A woman, facing left, stands scraping turnips on the top of a cask, which is covered with a ragged cloth. She looks up with a smile at a boy, standing to the left,