400 GERARD DOU SECT. Engraved by Wille as " La Divideuse." A copy is in the possession of Wedewer, Wiesbaden. Sales. (Possibly) Hoek, 1719 uncertain (see i6oa) because the dimensions are not stated. N. C. Hasselaar, Amsterdam, April 26, 1742, No. 3 (465 florins, Field-Marshal Comte de Vence) ; the picture still measured 10 inches by 8 inches. Comte de Vence, Paris, February n, 1761 (2567 francs, De Julienne). Julienne, March 30, 1767 (3101 francs, Count Cobentzl). In the possession of the Empress Catherine II. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 909. i6oa. A Woman with a Reel. See M. 284. Sale. Jacob van Hoek, Amsterdam, April 12, 1719, No. 28 (375 florins). i6o/>. An Old Woman with a Reel. M. 285. She has spectacles on her nose, and is apparently Dou's mother. Panel, 9! inches by 8 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, September 25, 1743, No. 5 (61 florins). Amsterdam, April 24, 1838, No. 9 (184 florins, Netscher) ; described as by Dou, or in his manner. J. J. de Jean Jacques de Faesch, Amsterdam, July 3, 1833, No. n (94 florins, Jansen). 1 6 1. A Young Girl with a Parrot. Sm. 46 ; M. 234 and 235. At an arched window, with a red curtain to the left, a young girl stands. She has taken a parrot out of a finely wrought cage which she holds in her left hand, and she allows the bird to sit on her right hand. She wears a yellow jacket over a white chemisette, and has earrings in her ears. [Compare i6i#.] A false signature is in the left-hand bottom corner ; panel, 9 inches by 7 inches, with rounded top. Exhibited at the Arti Exhibition, Amsterdam, 1872. Sales. Blondel de Gagny, Paris, December 10, 1776, No. 105 (6000 francs). Blondel d'Azincourt, Paris, February 10, 1783 (5210 francs). J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June i, 1829, No. 32 (1120 florins, P. J. and B. van der Meulen). Regarded as by Van Tol. P. J. and B. van der Meulen of Coblentz, Amsterdam, August 22, 1850, No. 15 (1900 florins). Now in the collection of G. C. Crommelin, junior, Amsterdam. i6itf. A Girl at a Window with a Parrot and a Cage. M. 235^. Probably identical with 161. In the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1655, No. 17. (See Martin, Appendix iv.) 162. The Bird-Cage. M. 265. In an embrasure of hewn stone two children converse about a bird in a cage hanging on the wall. The girl leans her hand on a brass pail full of apples. In the background is a spacious room. Panel, loj inches by 8 inches.
