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428 PIETER VAN SLINGELAND SECT. 19*7. A Dutch Woman selling Fish. Signed ; copper, 5^ inches by 4 inches. Sale. Vienna, November 9, 1875, No. 146. 20. A Woman selling Fish at a Window. A well-dressed woman at a window sells a herring which she holds up. On a fish tub lies a bunch of flowers. Panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. Sales. Henry Doetsch, London, June 22, 1895, No. 434. H. Quilter, London, April 7, 1906, No. 136. 21. AN OLD MAN IN A BEGGAR'S GARB. Sm. Suppl. 5. An old man, in a brown beggar's garb with a round cap on his head, looks out of an opening in a wall overgrown with withered vine. He holds in his left hand a dried herring, which he is skinning. Signed on the left with the monogram; panel, u inches by 8| inches. Sales. A. Grill, Amsterdam, April 14, 1728 (Hoet, i. 326), No. 18 (205 florins). Jan van Loon, Delft, July 18, 1736 (Hoet, ii. 391), No. 32 (49 florins). In the Schloss, Schwerin, 1792 catalogue, p. 70, N. iii. 24. In the Schloss, Ludwigslust, 1821 catalogue, 103 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at .84). In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 959. 2ia. A Fortune-Teller. A woman fortune-teller with a young girl, who holds a coin. Vigorous and masterly in style. Panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. Sale. G. H. Trochel and others, Amsterdam, May n, 1801, No. 80 (9 florins, Van Yperen). 21 b. Hanswurst. A picture of the popular Flemish figure of Hans- wurst (Jack Pudding). In the collection of Prince Troubetskoy, Paris. Sale. V , Paris, April 24, 1862, No. 26. 22. A MAN BATHING. On the bank of a river is a man who has just bathed. Through two arches is a small view of a town. Influ- enced by Dou. In the collection of the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Middlesex. 23. A Lady in a Room. A lady, wearing a purple satin gown, sits in a room, leaning one arm on a marble table upon which is a dog. She seems to be looking into a mirror which lies on the table. Through an open window is seen a courtyard. The whole is very carefully and delicately painted. Panel, 6| inches by 5| inches. S*k- J- van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 385 (180 florins, Wubbels).