in GERARD DOU Sales. Amsterdam, April 17, 1708, No. 2 (295 florins). Jakob de Wit, Antwerp, May 15, 1741, No. 126 (200 florins, W. Lormier). W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763, No. 73 (280 florins). 196. A BOY AND A GIRL WITH A HARE. Sm. 7 ; M. 259. At an open arched window stand a boy and a girl, holding a hare by the legs. The girl leans one hand on a basket of apples before her ; the boy appears to be bargaining for some fruit, and rests one hand on the girl's shoulder. On the window-sill are a metal pail, game, eatables, and a basket of apples. A gaily coloured curtain hangs on one side of the window, and a bird-cage and lantern on the other. Beneath the window-sill is the well-known bas-relief, of children playing with a he-goat, by Duquesnoy. A very good picture. Panel, 20 inches by 15 inches. Described by Waagen (ii. 1171). Exhibited in London at the British Institution, 1815, No. 97; at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1881 ; and at the South Kensington Museum, 1891, No. 15 ; and at Manchester, 1857, No. 1045. Sale. Verhamme, Amsterdam, March 16, 1757, No. 2 (2500 florins). In the collection of J. Bisschop, Amsterdam ; bought as a whole by the Hopes. In the collection of Thomas Hope, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at .1575). In the collection of Lord Pelham Clinton Hope, Deepdene ; bought as a whole in 1898 by A. Wertheimer and P. and D. Colnaghi, the London dealers. 197. A WOMAN WITH A CHILD AT AN ARCHED WINDOW. M. 264*7. Near the window are flowers, a bird-cage, and other objects. In the collection of the late Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris. 197*7. A Mother with her Child at the Breast. A girl tries to divert the child's attention by a rattle. Panel, 19 inches by 14 inches, with rounded top. Sale. Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (33,500 francs, Paillet). i97/>. A Young Lady on a Balcony. A young girl, wearing a green velvet jacket trimmed with fur, looks out from a balcony. Her folded hands rest on an Eastern carpet. The house wall is covered with a vine. Below are seen a river with a bridge, a canal with tall houses, and the gable of a public building. Panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Countess KouchelefF, Paris, March 18, 1875, No. n. 197*:. A Woman combing a Boy's Hair at an Arched Window. Sale. Amsterdam, October 10, 1742, No. 10 (160 florins). 198. The Repentant Magdalen. Sm. 69 and Suppl. 62 ; M. u. A young woman bends before a crucifix, with her eyes upturned. Her right hand is placed on her bare neck ; her left hand is raised. A Bible lies open on a bank before her, propped against the trunk of an old oak,
