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xx PIETER VAN SLINGELAND 431 Sales. Amsterdam, April 24, 181 1, No. 112 (142 florins, Van Yperen). W. Wreesman Borghartz, Amsterdam, April n, 1816, No. 170 (6 1 florins, Roos). Amsterdam, August 17, 1818, No. 59 (43 florins, Kluitenaar). 31. The Young Mother. A young Dutch woman sits in a wooden chair, holding a pillow on her lap and busy with her needlework. She wears a brown dress, under which is seen the edge of a red petticoat, a white wrap, and a white kerchief at her bosom. Her hair is combed back under a small brown cap on the back of her head. In a wicker cradle at her feet a little child with a white cap lies asleep. The pillow and sheet in the cradle are relieved against a brown cover. The woman looks up from her work at an older boy who leans on the edge of the cradle. He holds his hat under one arm and has a pen in his hand ; his broad shirt-collar is seen under his brown costume. To the right, in a recess, are an open oven-door and earthenware jugs standing on a sideboard. Behind the woman's chair is an alcove in which is a bed with two curtains. Near the bed is a table with a reddish cover and a white cloth hanging down carelessly. On it are heaped a cauliflower, an artichoke, a knife, a tea- kettle, and a basket. On the floor near the table are a broom and a turnip- rooted cabbage. On the wall above the table are a map and an open cupboard full of cooking utensils. From the ceiling hangs a bird-cage. An excellent and finely rendered picture. Panel, i6| inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 220. 32. A Girl sewing. In a kitchen a young girl sits, turned three- quarters left and looking at the spectator. She wears a brown dress with red sleeves, a white cap, and a broad white transparent collar. Her feet rest on a foot-warmer. She holds on a pillow in her lap some linen which she is sewing. The light, entering at a window on the left, falls on her head and shoulders. On a table with a cover to the left are a mirror, an open book, and a gourd-shaped bottle. On the floor in front, near the girl, are a work-basket and a slipper. At the back are the chimney-piece, a basket, and a large round earthenware jug. On the wall are plates and jugs. The brown and red of the dress form with the white linen a fine effect of colour. The attribution seems not quite certain. In the collection of Bourguignon de Fabregoules, Aix ; given by his son J. B. M. de Bourguignon de Fabregoules to the Aix Museum, 1860. In the Aix Museum, Provence, 1900 catalogue, No. 357. 33. THE LACE-MAKER. Sm. 5. In the centre of a handsome room a young woman sits, turned three-quarters left and looking at the spectator. She is making lace on a pillow in her lap. She rests her right foot on a foot-warmer. She wears a red skirt, a white apron, a black jacket trimmed with fur, and a white cloth wound round her head. The warm light falls from a broad window to the left ; the window is overgrown at top with vine ; through the right lower casement, which is open, are seen the houses in a street. Below the window is a table with a cloth, on which is food with a spray of rose in a vase. In the left foreground is