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3 8 4 GODFRIED SCHALCKEN SECT. and resting her elbow on a white cushion. She seems to take money with pleasure from the gentleman, who sits in front of her. Beside them, a bracket with a lighted candle is fixed to a square pedestal, on which stands a copper vase. Below, by the pedestal, stands a little Cupid with bow and arrow. Very finely rendered and effective. Panel, 10 inches by 9 inches. Sales. N. Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 182 (85 florins, Wubbels). J. L. Stramwijk, Amsterdam, May 10, 1780, No. 233 (25 florins, Wubbels). Amsterdam, April 7, 1794, No. n (26 florins 10, Yver). D. Mansveld, Amsterdam, August 13, 1806, No. 167 (24 florins). 256. A Comely Girl conversing with a Youth. Half-length. She leans over a half door. The youth stands outside. Candlelight. Natural in expression. Panel, i6| inches by 13 J inches. Sale. C. E. Vaillant and J. Sargenton, Amsterdam, April 19, 1830, No. 82 (159 florins, Roos). 257. The Seduction. A young girl looks with surprise at a gold coin which a woman holds out to her, by candlelight. Behind the woman stands a young man, whose cap is decorated with red ribbons. Behind the girl are an old woman, another young girl smiling, and a little girl pointing with her finger. Very finely rendered. Signed in full in the centre at foot ; canvas, 16 inches by ig| inches. Sale. Dr. van Cleef of Utrecht, Paris, April 4, 1864, No. 85 (1520 florins). 257^7. A Young Man with a Half-dressed Girl. Candlelight. Canvas, 20 inches by 14 inches. In the Von Tettau collection, Erfurt, 1864 (Parthey, ii. 501). 258. THE LOVERS SPIED UPON. Sm. 35. A young woman puts a lighted candle into a lantern on a table in front of her. While she is thus occupied, a young gentleman standing behind her lays one hand on her shoulder and caresses her with the other. At the back, an old woman looks on from behind a curtain. A very attractive picture. Signed in full ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Engraved by Klauber. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1892, No. 49. Probably not in the Van Heteren collection, as Sm. states on the authority of Descamps ; there is possibly some confusion between this and 242. Sales. De Boullongne, Paris, November 19, 1787, No. 2 (900 francs, Dubois). Coders, Paris, February 9, 1789 (2800 francs). In the collection of the Tsar Paul of Russia, who gave it to his mistress, Mile. NelidofF. In the collection of Mile. NelidofF, who gave it to Sir Alexander Crichton. Sales. Duval, London, 1846 (315, Ritcher). Due de Morny, London, 1848 (178 : ios., Scot) : the owners of the picture from the Tsar Paul to this point are noted by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue.