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4 o6 GERARD DOU SECT. 178. A MAID-SERVANT AT A WINDOW. M. 231*. A replica of the Munich pictures (177). Signed on the window-sill to the left ; panel, 14^ inches by 1 1 inches. In the Rothschild Collection, London. 179. A KITCHEN-MAID (or, The Dutch Cook). Sm. 49 ; M. 271. At an arched window, a kitchen-maid, facing the spectator, pours water from a pitcher into a bowl. She wears a blue apron, a red bodice, and a white chemisette. In front on the window-sill are a bunch of carrots, a skimmer, and a lantern. To the left are a cabbage, a candle- stick, and a copper kettle. A partridge hangs at the side, and a cage is suspended from the ceiling. On the right a curtain is looped up on a brass rod. The picture is somewhat colourless and smooth. Panel, 14 inches by io inches. Described by Descamps. Compare 123^. Engraved by P. E. Moiette and by Lips. Sales. Cornelis Wittert van Valkenburg, Rotterdam, April 1 1, 1731, No. 28 (1350 florins). Van Wassenaar-Obdam, The Hague, August 19, 1750, No. 16 (1710 florins). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 73 (9000 francs). Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780 (10,700 francs, Le Brun for King Louis XVI.). Valued by the experts of the Louvre, 1816 (at 10,000 francs). Now in the Louvre, 1900 catalogue, No. 2352 (old No. 125). 180. A GIRL LEANING OUT OF A WINDOW. M. 230. At an arched window, a young fair-haired girl, facing right, looks out with a smile. She wears a red bodice, and with her left hand holds out of the window a pewter-pot. Her sleeves are turned up, and her neck is partly uncovered. She seems to be conversing with some one. At the back is a vestibule with a staircase on the right. Signed in full on the wall to the left ; panel, io inches by 7^ inches, with rounded top. Exhibited at the Hague, 1890, No. 26. Sales. (Possibly) Cornelis Wittert, Rotterdam, April n, 1731, No. 30 (370 florins) measuring 13 inches by 10 inches. (Possibly) Amsterdam, April 2, 1734, No. 5 (191 florins) measuring 13 inches by 10 inches. Robert de Neufville, Leyden, March 15, 1736, No. I (no florins). L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, August 7, 1811, No. 11 (1745 florins, Roos bought in). J. Goll van Frankenstein, Amsterdam, July I, 1833, No. 17 (530 florins, Engelberts). In the Van Lennep collection, Amsterdam, about 1890. Sale. Messchert van Vollenhoven, Van Lennep, Amsterdam, March 29, 1892, No. 2 (7600 florins, Wertheimer of London). In the possession of the Paris dealer, Ch. Sedelmeyer, 1898, No. 15. Now in the'collection of Dr Max Wassermann, Paris. 181. A GIRL SCRAPING CARROTS (or, The Industrious