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422 GERARD DOU SECT. 225*7. A Woman with a Candle at an arched Window. 10^ inches by /i inches. Sale. Fabricius, Haarlem, August 19, 1749, No. 22 (23 florins). 225^. An Old Woman with a Lamp. Sale. Jacob Snels, The Hague, July n, 1763, No. 57 (23 florins). 225^-. An Old Woman with a Lamp. M. 3420. She reads by the light of a lamp which she holds in her hand. Panel, 6 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Jac. Viet, Amsterdam, October 12, 1774. 226. A Woman with a Lamp at a Window. At an arched window a young woman faces the spectator, holding a lighted lamp in her left hand and leaning on the sill with her right. She wears a red dress and a blue apron. At the back Christ is at table with the disciples at Emmaus, seen by candlelight. A chandelier is suspended from the ceiling, as well as a curtain. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 26, 1799. 226a. A Woman holding a Lighted Lamp. M. 327. Signed ; panel, n inches by 8 inches. Sale. H. A. Haarsma, Amsterdam, October 8, 1867, No. 22 (31 florins, bought in). 227. The Curious Girl. Sm. 14; M. 326. A young girl in a red jacket looks out of an arched window ; she leans out to the right, and holds a lighted lamp. Signed in full on the window-sill ; panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. Sale. (Possibly) P. J. Geelhand, Antwerp, July 5, 1784, No. 13, measuring 7 inches by 5 inches. In the collection of A. L. van Heteren (Hoet, ii. 454). Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1904 catalogue, No. 796 (old No. 278), where it was in 1829 (Sm.). 228. A GIRL FIXING A CANDLE IN A LANTERN. A girl holds a lighted candle in her right hand, and with the other grasps the upper handle of a lantern which stands on a table to the right. The girl stands to the left of the table, and is seen at half-length. The background is dark. Painted in the style of a miniature. Panel (nearly), 3^ inches by 3 inches, oval. Possibly identical with 235*-. Now in the collection of Frau von Mumm, Frankfort. 229. A GIRL AT A WINDOW. M. 329. At an arched window, a girl stands, facing three-quarters right. She holds back the window curtain with her right hand, and leans on the window-sill with her left elbow, holding a lighted candle in her left hand. She wears a red bodice over a white chemisette, and a white cap. Signed in full on the right of the window-sill ; panel, n| inches by io inches, with rounded top.