i JAN STEEN 93 Sale. H. A. Bauer and others, Amsterdam, September n, 1820, No. 124 (8 florins 15, Bakker). " Formerly " in the possession of Hargraves, a Liverpool artist and dealer, and "lately" in that of Gritten (Sm., 1842). Afterwards in the Michel col- lection. Sale. E. Secretan, Paris, July r, 1889, No. 163. In the possession of. the dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris, "Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 195. In the late Rudolf Kann's collection, Paris. 343. The Red Stocking. W. 415. With two figures. A well- known little picture, extraordinarily fine. [Possibly the picture in the Hoogendijk collection ; see 418.] Sale. Amsterdam, August 9, 1739 (Hoet, i. 596), No. 15 (84 florins). 344. Washing the Child. In a cottage-room an old woman washes a child ; a man is asleep. With accessories. Spirited and broadly painted. Panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. Sale. J. Witsen, Amsterdam, August 1 6, 1790, No. 62 (23 florins 10, Reyers). 345. A Domestic Scene in a Peasant's Cottage. An old woman, seated, undresses a child. With many accessories. Signed in full ; panel, 15^ inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Macalester Loup, The Hague, August 20, 1806, No. 18 (54 florins). 346. A Woman Cleaning her Husband's Head. Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. In the collection of Muller von Nordegg, Prague, 1863 (Parthey, ii. No. 49). 346*7. The Bedroom. Sale. Dowington, London, 1876 (jno : 55., Colnaghi). 347. The Toilet. W. 42. In a bedroom sits a young woman with bare feet j her left foot is in a slipper, her right rests on the lap of a maid- servant who is carefully cutting her nails. In her right hand the young woman holds a letter which has apparently been brought by an old woman standing behind, who leans her right hand on the young woman's shoulder and supports herself on a stick in her left hand. In the foreground to the right are a fountain and a little dog. To the left are articles of the toilet. In the background are a balcony and trees. It is largely repainted. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 22 inches by 18 inches. Pos- sibly a "Bathsheba." [Cf. 14 and 15.] Sales. C. M. Bronkhuyze, Leyden, October 13, 1863. W. C. P. Baron van Reede van Oudtshoorn, Amsterdam, April 14, 1874, No. 43 (930 florins, Van Gogh). 348. A Love-Letter at the Toilet. A young lady sits on a terrace at a table covered with an Oriental carpet. Her long hair falls over her shoulders. She reads with interest a letter which an old woman in black has brought her. The old woman leans both hands on a stick,
