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344 GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. 120. A YOUNG LADY WITH A LEMON. Sm. 23. She leans on a window-sill. On a red cushion in front of her is a pewter dish with a peeled lemon. In her right hand is a knife, with a slice of lemon on the point. Signed in full in the centre at foot ; panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Sales. Blondel de Gagny, Paris, December 10, 1776 (1312 francs) see Ch. Blanc, i. 340. (Probably) P. van den Bogaerde, Amsterdam, March 1 6, 1778, No. 72. Dulac, Paris, November 30, 1778 (1040 francs) see Ch. Blanc, i. 439- Abbe de Juvigny, Paris, 1779 (1361 francs) see Ch. Blanc, i. 460. Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801, No. 62 of Bryan's catalogue see W. Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 68. P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August I, 1810, No. 92 (400 florins, Vries). In the Six collection, 1833 (Sm.). In the collection of Six van Vromade, Amsterdam ; bought with other pictures for the Rijksmuseum early in 1908. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1911 catalogue, No. 2144*7. 121. A LADY WITH A SILVER BREAD-SALVER. She is turned three-quarters right, and leans over a bare table. She wears a smooth green dress, with short sleeves and open at the throat. In her right ear is a pearl ear-ring. Her right hand, holding a pen-knife, rests on the table. In her left hand she holds a silver salver with a piece of bread in it. Her elbow rests on a cushion. In the right top corner a picture in a gilt frame hangs on a dark wall. To the left is a red curtain. Signed in full on the right ; panel, 5 inches by 8 inches. In the Fitzwilliam collection. In the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1902 catalogue, No. 70. 122. A WOMAN EATING GAUFRES. Sm. Suppl. 13. A young girl sits in front of a room at a table with a brown cover, on which she rests her left elbow. Her body is turned towards the left background. Her head and her eyes are turned towards the spectator. She holds a gaufre in her right hand. She wears a blue silk dress with slashed sleeves and a veil falling from the back of her head. On a table in the left fore- ground is a goblet on a pewter dish. In the left background a picture hangs on the wall. To the right, through a window, is a landscape. The woman was for long identified without any reason as Schalcken's wife. Signed in full on the left at top ; canvas, 9^ inches by 7^ inches. In the chief Kassel inventory, 1749, No. 32. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 61. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 303 (old No. 276). 122*. A Woman with a Sausage. Sale. Amsterdam, December 16, 1760, No. 58 (i florin 15, with No. 1 8 8, or a replica of it, Westerwoud).