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in GERARD DOU 399 157*:. A Girl with a Bunch of Grapes at a Window. 14 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Maclean and others, London, July 23, 1900, No. 47. 158. A WOMAN MAKING LACE. M. 247. At a stone window with a curtain drawn up to the right, a woman sits, turning three-quarters left, but with her face towards the spectator. She is seen to the knees. On her lap is her lace-pillow, into which she sticks her needle, while she holds a bobbin in her left hand. On the window-ledge are an open book and a rose. Signed in full on the book and dated 1667 ; panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Now in the Karlsruhe Gallery, 1894 catalogue, No. 267. 158*7. A Woman making Lace. M. 247^. A book lies on the window-ledge. In the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1665, No. 25. 159. THE FISHERMAN'S WIFE (or, The Flax-Winder). Sm. Suppl. 22 ; M. 229. At an arched window of stone an old woman looks out. She wears a broad-brimmed black hat, a white cap, and a yellowish-brown jacket over a black bodice trimmed with fur. She holds a reel in her left hand and a cord-winder in her right. She turns her head slightly to the right. Behind her to the right is the open casement. In the left background is the hearth. A bird-cage hangs above the woman's head. Cut in the stone below the window is the date " MDCLIII." A "jewel of art " (Sm.). Signed in full above the inscription, and dated a second time 1653 > panel, 12 inches by 9^ inches. In the Winkler collection, Leipzig, 1765, No. 319. Sales. Talleyrand, Paris, July 7, 1817 (3780 francs) ; not in the catalogue printed by Buchanan (ii. 306, etc.). D. Teixeira, junior, The Hague, July 23, 1832, No. 17 (2600 florins, Brondgeest, for C. Bagot). Sir Charles Bagot, London, June 18, 1836 (^205 : i6s., Van der Hoop). In the Van der Hoop collection, Amsterdam. Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1904 catalogue, No. 793 (old No. 281). 1 60. A WOMAN WITH A REEL. Sm. 28 and Suppl. 21 ; M. 284. At an arched window of stone an old woman sits facing three- quarters left. She wears a white cap, collar and kerchief, a grey jacket with red sleeves, and a blue apron. She holds in her left hand a reel, round which she is winding yarn. She wears spectacles and has her mouth open. She is seen to the knees. To the left is a window, through which is seen a building with a spire. The woman is the same sitter as in the St. Petersburg pictures (94 and 191). A pendant to "The Woman reading" (94). Signed in full ; panel, i inches by 9 inches ; originally of the same size as the pendant (10 inches by 8 inches), but since enlarged all round.