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xvm CASPAR NETSCHER 177 Sia. A Woman selling Fruit in her Shop. Three-quarter length, facing the spectator. She is weighing fruit. A little boy holds out a coin. Panel, 15^ inches by 10 inches. Sale. Vassal, Paris, January 17, 1774, No. 46 (300 francs), 82. A WOMAN SELLING CHERRIES TO A LITTLE GIRL. Full length. On the left sits the woman, wearing a homely dress and a light cap. She takes cherries with her right hand from a basket held in her left. On the right, in front of the woman, stands a girl holding up the corners of her pinafore to receive the cherries. In the left foreground are a basket and a pair of copper scales. Of the artist's first period. 13! inches by n| inches. Sale. A. Hope, London, June 30, 1894, No. 49 (273, Buck). 83. THE CHAFF-CUTTER WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILD. In the left foreground of a barn-like interior a man stands in a stooping position, turned to the right with his head towards the spectator; he grasps with his right hand the handle of a chaff-cutter. He is poorly clad and has a full beard. To the right, farther back, an elderly woman with a distaff sits facing left. On the extreme right a boy, with his head turned to the left, stands holding in both hands a jug which lies on a cask beside some crockery and a cloth. In the back wall is an opening into an adjacent room, through the open door of which is a view of the exterior. On the extreme left are some bundles of straw. Beside the cask on the right are a broom, some cabbages, a copper pot, and other utensils. Owing to a forged signature, the picture long passed as a Metsu. Canvas, 26^ inches by 30^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 23, 1808, No. 119 (1055 florins, Van Yperen). In the collection of John G. Johnson, Philadelphia. 84. A Laundress and a Sempstress. Through a stone window- opening, on the front of which is spread a green cover, a comely and elegantly dressed young lady is seen washing. Behind her at an open window is a woman sewing. On the nearer window-sill are a tub, an earthenware pan, and a white cloth. There are other appropriate accessories. Very finely painted. [Pendant to 85.] Panel, n inches by 10 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 8, 1804, No. 138. 85. Two Women cooking. Through a stone window-opening, with a curtain, a comely lady is seen stuffing a sausage. In front of the sill hang the entrails of animals. In a room at the back a maid-servant hangs a pot of meat over the fire. Very finely painted. [Pendant to 84.] Panel, n inches by 10 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 8, 1804, No. 139. 86. A Kitchen with two Women and a Man. A maid-servant stands at a dresser, chopping vegetables. Beside her in the foreground a VOL. v N