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492 PIETER DE HOOCH SECT. 57. Lady with a Child, Nurse, and Dog. In the foreground of a well-furnished room a richly dressed lady sits at a table covered with a Smyrna carpet. She turns her head towards her child who, frightened at a little spaniel, excitedly takes refuge in the arms of her nurse. The back of the room is adorned with pictures and furniture. This is a finely painted picture with a beautiful silvery tone. Canvas, 18 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Stevens, Antwerp, August 9, 1837, No. 73 (310 francs). 58. A Kitchen. The sun shines into a room ; at a large fire is a spit, and kitchen utensils lie about. In the background a girl opens a door. Panel, 19 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Kleinenbergh, in Leyden, July 19, 1841, No. 70 (205 florins, Exforth). 59. Girl scouring a Pot. Sm. Suppl. 4. This represents a court- yard, on one side of which a passage leads into a second court adjacent to a house. In the foreground stands a woman with a child in her arms ; she is speaking to a servant-girl who is on her knees scouring a pot. A greyhound follows the woman. From the side-door in the passage comes a man. " This is a well-finished but not a luminous picture " (Sm.). Canvas, 2 feet 8 inches by 2 feet i| inches. For sale in 1842 (by Sm. ?) at 300 guineas. Formerly in the collection of Colonel Matson. 60. Woman at the Fireside, Servant-Girl, and Child. In an interior, beside the fire, sits a young woman with a red jacket trimmed with fur. A little girl with a dog in her lap and another dog at her side sits near her. The woman holds a cooking spoon and has before her an iron pot. To the right stands a servant-girl, showing her a dish of peeled potatoes. An open door looks into an upper room illumined by sunshine ; a little boy is ascending the stairs. The sunlight and the fire are especially well rendered, and the execution is careful. Canvas, 26 inches by 31 inches. Sales. Jan Pekstok, in Amsterdam, December 17, 1792, No. 38 (231 florins). Jonkheer Fra^ois van Harencarspel Eckhardt, Amsterdam, August 15, 1842, No. 52 (810 florins, Hoffmann's executors). P. Volite, in Amsterdam, November 12, 1845, No. 32 (800 florins, Burton). 61. Woman and Servant-Girl with Fish. Sm. 65, cf. Suppl. 18. In a kitchen, beside a fire over which hangs a kettle, sits a woman paring turnips. She wears a red jacket trimmed with fur, and speaks to a servant-girl with a market-pail in her hand, who shows her a fish from a tub placed before her. In the middle of the picture are a dog and a cradle. An open door at the back looks on a sunlit passage, in which a well-dressed man is seen descending a staircase. The kitchen utensils are