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ii GABRIEL METSU 319 ground are grey ; there is a dark sky to the right and a tent to the left. This picture is quite in the style of " The Old Toper " at Amsterdam (193). [Compare 230*.] Signed in the left upper corner " G. Metsu " ; copper, 8| inches by 8 inches. Exhibited at Stockholm, 1884, No. 109. Now in the Wachtmeister collection, Wanas, Sweden ; G. Goethe's catalogue, 1895, No. 41. 202. THE SMOKER. A man, with a pipe in his right hand and a jug in his left, sits to the right at a table in front of a house. He wears a dull red coat, a brownish-grey cloak, and a fur-trimmed cap. On the table are a charcoal-pan and a paper. In the right foreground is a dog. The picture may be genuine, but it is so thickly varnished as to be hardly recognisable, although it hangs opposite a window. Signed in full to the right (according to the catalogue) ; panel, 8| inches by 7 inches. Sale. J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 179 (520 florins with No. 178 Yver). (^215.) Now in the Lasienski Palace, Warsaw, 1895 catalogue, No. 36. 203. THE CAVALIER SMOKING. Sm. 107. A cavalier, wearing a broad-brimmed hat, a yellow jacket, the sleeves of which are braided with silver, and grey hose, sits smoking at a table with a red cloth. His left hand rests on the table, his right on a chair. A jug, a glass, and a paper of tobacco are on the table. A good work : " A very pleasing example " (Sm.). [Compare 230*7.] Panel, loj inches by 8| inches. Now in the collection of Count Czernin von Chudenitz, Vienna, 1903 catalogue, No. 74 ; where it was in 1833 (Sm.). 2030. An Officer seated at a Table with a Glass in his Hand. With accessories. Sale. W. van Haansbergen, The Hague, June 19, 1755, No. 58 (22 florins, Wannar). 203^. An Old Man with a Cap. He sits at table with a pipe in his left hand. Panel, 6^ inches by 6 inches. Sale. J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 180 (i 10 florins, Yver). 203^. A Young Man seated, who lights his Pipe. Formerly in the Lormier collection. Sale. Earl Granville, London, June 21, 1845 (231, Faulkner). 2030-. A Guardroom. An officer, seated at table with some soldiers and a woman, reads a despatch which a trumpeter has just brought to him. Canvas, 25 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Antwerp, August 3, 1857, No. 147.