47 2 PIETER VAN SLINGELAND SECT. 188. Still-Life. A joint of mutton, a plucked goose, and a turkey. A study. Canvas on panel, 7 inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Count von Brabeck, Count Andreas von Stolberg, of Soder, Hanover, October 31, 1859, No. 243. 1880. Vanity. On a table covered with a red cloth lie several books, a skull, a candlestick with the candle extinguished, a sheet of paper inscribed " Vanitas vanitatum," and other objects, all illumined by a ray of sunlight. Panel, 5^ inches by 7^ inches. Sale. The widow of G. J. Schouten, H. Hollander, H. Pino, and others, Amsterdam, October 14, 1884, No. 68. 189. Still-Life. Sm. 16. On a post hangs a dead cock with fine feathers. On a table is a coloured willow basket in which a red cabbage and carrots and turnips are lying on straw. On the table also are two dead ducks and a neat little basket of eggs, one of which is broken so that the contents run out. At the back is a curtain. Of admirable fineness and delicacy. " Most exquisitely finished " (Sm.). Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Sales. P. J. Geelhand, Antwerp, July 5, 1784, No. 56. Paillet, Paris, 1799 (291 francs) according to Sm. Madame Well ens, born Geelhand, Antwerp, August 21, 1810, No 15 (210 florins, Steenecruys). In the Steenecruys collection, Antwerp, from which it was sold privately in 1817 (for 750 francs). Sale. (Possibly) Marquis de St. Clou, Paris, April 1885 (300 francs) ; see P. Eudel, 1886, p. 313. 190. Still-Life. On a stone slab lie an orange, an oyster, a pipe, and a printed paper with tobacco wrapped in it. Signed in full on the left ; 14 inches by u inches. Sale. Haro, Paris, May 30, 1892, No. 49 (800 francs). 191. CAT AND BIRD. A cat watches a bird which has its nest in a jug lying on its side. Panel, 7^ inches by 8 inches. In the Rennes Museum, 1884 catalogue, No. 145. 191*7. A Cat. Very finished in style. [Pendant to 191^.] Panel, 5 inches by 7 inches. Sale. G. H. Trochel and others, Amsterdam, May 1 1, 1801, No. 8 1 (14 florins, with pendant, Gruijter). 191^. A Dog. Very finished in style. [Pendant to 191*7.] Panel, 5 inches by 7 inches. Sale. G. H. Trochel and others, Amsterdam, May n, 1801, No. 8 1 (14 florins, with pendant, Gruijter). 192. A Cowshed. A woman is drawing water. A boy is at her side near some rustic utensils. At the side are three cows. In front is a goat. Masterly in style.
