590 JOHANNES VERMEER SECT. De Neufville, Amsterdam, June 19, 1765, No. 65 (560 florins). J. J. de Bruyn, Amsterdam, September 12, 1798, No. 32 (1550 florins, Spaan). H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 96 (2125 florins). In the collection of J. Six, Amsterdam. 18. A Woman paring Turnips. B. 19; H. 22. In an interior a woman is paring turnips. Near her is a child in a cradle. On the other side a man sits reading by the hearth. Panel, 23! inches by 1 9! inches. S a /f. J. A. Brentano, Amsterdam, May 13, 1822, No. 209 (701 florins, De Vries). i8tf, A Young Woman skinning an Eel. A young woman, shown at half length, sits with her head to the left, conversing with an unseen person. She wears a cap, and a red bodice under a purple jacket. On her lap she holds a dish and a napkin. Signed with the monogram ; canvas on panel, 12 inches by 8| inches. D. Goldsmid of The Hague, Paris, May 4, 1876, No. 77. 19. A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A WATER-JUG (or, A Young Woman opening a Casement). H. 56. A young woman, seen at three-quarter length, stands by a window in the left-hand corner of a room, facing the spectator. With her right hand she is opening the window of leaded glass ; with her left hand she is about to lift a brass water-jug standing in a salver on the table, as if to water flowers outside the window. The young woman is looking down at the window-ledge. She wears a buff bodice, with short slashed sleeves and a dark blue skirt, a very broad and fine white collar, and a large white cap. The table to the right is covered with a rich oriental carpet, having, on a dark red ground, a pattern of blue, green, white, yellow, and brown, with an olive-blue border. On the table, to the right of the jug and salver, is a jewel-case covered with yellow leather and fitted with a steel lock and corner-pieces. At the back of the table is the top of a chair upholstered in dark brown leather with gilt lions' heads on the top corners ; the lion's head to the left is visible, but that to the right is hidden by a light blue drapery thrown over the back of the chair. The wall at the back is in a cool yellow and olive-grey tone ; to the right of the woman's head hangs a large map, cut off at the top and to the right by the frame of the picture. Canvas, 17 J inches by 15^ inches. Formerly in the collection of Lord Powerscourt. Purchased through Pillet, the Paris dealer, in 1887, by Henry G. Marquand of New York, who presented it in 1888 to the Metropolitan Museum. Now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1905 catalogue, No. 258. 19*7. The Girl with the Cat. A young girl with a cap and a brown jacket is petting a cat. She leans her hands on a partition. Canvas, 22 inches by 18 inches. Sale. E. Ruelens, Brussels, April 17, 1883, No. 284.
