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iv PIETER DE HOOCH 491 51. Woman giving Money to a Servant-Girl. In a well-furnished room sits a lady with an embroidery-pillow on her lap ; she gives money from her purse to a servant-girl, who carries a market-pail. A little child pulls the girl by her apron. At the side by an open window is a table with a cloth, upon which are a water-bottle and a glass. It is a fine and carefully executed picture. Canvas, 27^ inches by 24^ inches. Sales. Jan Danser Nijman, in Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 114 (400 florins, Roos). B. Ocke, in Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 54 (370 florins, Van den Berg). [Compare the description of the picture in the Amsterdam sale of March 29, 1826 ; see 30.] 52. Woman with Child and Servant-Girl. Sm. 23. In an interior sits a woman, holding on her lap an infant to whom she is giving pap. She is interrupted by her servant-girl, who shows her a duck. A cat rubs itself against her ; at her side is a cradle. The open door looks into a vestibule, with the street beyond it. The scene is very natural and sunny. Canvas, 21 inches by 24 inches. Sales. (Perhaps) H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 67 (640 florins) ; but the catalogue does not mention the servant-girl, and speaks of two other figures in the passage. Madame A. M. Hogguer, nee Ebeling, in Amsterdam, August 18, 1817, No. 21 (310 florins, Isaak Schmidt). 53. A Woman plucking a Duck, with a Maid-Servant in an interior. A woman sits plucking a duck in an interior ; a maid-servant stands near and shows her a cabbage. In the background is a man sitting beside the fire ; at the side a girl enters from an adjacent room. A very good picture. Sale. Amsterdam, July 16, 1819, No. 71 (125 florins, De Vries). 54. Interior, with a Lady in white Silk. The lady has a little boy in her arms. A servant-girl stands near with a hunting dog. A gentleman is in the ante-room. Sale. Beckford, in London, 1823 (157 : ios., Martin). 55. A Woman paring Turnips. Sm. 56. By the window in a room sits a woman paring turnips. A child comes in at the open door, holding a bottle of wine. Canvas, 23 inches by 33 inches. Sale. M. Zachary, London, 1828 (96: izs.). 56. Woman making Pancakes. In the left foreground a woman is making pancakes. To the right is a child. In the middle distance stands a young man with a mug in one hand and a candlestick in the other. The scene is lighted by a fire in the hearth, by a lamp on the wall, and by the candle. Panel, 18 inches by 15 inches. Sale. Van Rotterdam, in Ghent, July 6, 1835.