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in GERARD DOU 423 Exhibited in London, 1888, No. 88, and in Berlin, 1890, No. 39. At Pommersfelden as early as 1719. Sale. Count Schonborn of Pommersfelden, Paris, May 7, 1867, No. 22 (15,000 francs). Now in the collection of Carl von Hollitscher, Berlin. 230. A GIRL AT A WINDOW. M. 325. A girl, with smiling face, looks out of an arched window. She holds in her left hand an oil lamp, shielding the flame from the wind with her right hand. She wears a white cap, a brown jacket with half-sleeves of green, and a blue apron. She is the same model as in 184. Panel, 7^ inches by f| inches. The attribution to Dou is doubtful ; the picture may be by Schalcken. Sales. Coenraad Baron Droste, The Hague, July 21, 1734, No. 76 (195 florins). Fraula, Brussels, July 21, 1738, No. 199 (40 florins). At Schloss Loo, and in the collection of the Stadtholder William V. (Terwesten, 695), according to the Hague inventory and De Stuer's catalogue of 1874, though no other proof of this statement is available. Now in the Royal Gallery, The Hague, 1904 catalogue, No. 33. 231. A GIRL AT A WINDOW. M. 325*. A replica or copy of 230. A similar picture was offered for sale in 1899 to the Gottfried Keller Foundation in Zurich. Now in the Besancon Museum, bequest of J. Gigoux. 232. A GIRL AT A WINDOW. See M. 329* and 330. A girl stands facing three-quarters right at an arched window. With her left hand she raises the window curtain, and in the right holds a lighted candle. She looks with a smile at the spectator. Behind her to the right is a boy looking up. In the left foreground two figures are seen by candlelight, one of them a man smoking. It is not well preserved, but is a good picture. Signed in full and dated 165 (8 ?), the last figure being almost illegible ; panel, io inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Pieter Testas, Amsterdam, March 29, 1757, No. 10 (80 florins). Perhaps acquired by King Frederick IV. of Denmark (1699-1730) ; noted in the Copenhagen inventory of 1793. Now in the Copenhagen Gallery, 1904 catalogue, No. 93. 233. A GIRL LEANING OUT OF A WINDOW. Sm. 93; M. 328. A girl at an arched window holds a lighted candle in her right hand, and shields it from the wind with her left. The reflection of the light on her face is well rendered. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Exhibited at the Guildhall, London, 1903, No. 149. Sale. Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June 11, 1800, No. 37 (575 florins, Labouchere). In the possession of the London dealer Emmerson, 1829 (Sm.). Sale. London, December 21, 1901, No. 3.