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356 GERARD DOU SECT. 38. A Young Man in Spanish Dress. Panel, y| inches by 6i inches. Sale. Rotterdam, April 25, 1817, No. 151 (i I florins, Wijland). 39. AN OLD MAN READING. Sm. 104 ; M. 64. A half- length, in profile. The old man wears a brown cloak (a cowl ?), and holds an open book before him with both hands. The top of his head is bald ; his hair and beard are white. The background is dark grey. The original panel has been let into a larger one. Oak panel, 7^ inches by 6 inches. [Cf. 41.] See Riegel, Beitrage, ii. 321. On the back is the stamp of the Musee Napoleon. It was in the Louvre in 1829 (Sm.). From Salzdahlum, Cabinet I. No. 62. Now in the Picture Gallery, Brunswick, 1900 catalogue, No. 305. 40. AN OLD MAN. M. 63. An old man sits reading a book that lies on his knees. His left hand rests on a table, upon which are a book, a forceps, and a map. In front of him are a pile of books and a large compass. In the Czartoryski collection, Cracow. 40*. A YOUNG MAN IN HIS STUDY. A young man sits to the left behind a table near a window. He is busily making notes from a large folio. There are pillars in the centre of the room, and a staircase to the right. On the back wall are bookshelves, the curtain of which is drawn back. In the centre foreground are a chair, a mandoline, and a globe. Panel, 24^ inches by 33 inches. Exhibited at Leyden, 1906. Now in the possession of the London dealer Walter J. Abraham. 41. AN OLD MAN READING. M. 65. A replica of 39, but in the background there is a vault to the right and a withered tree to the left. Panel, 6 inches by inches. Now in the Louvre, 1900 catalogue, No. 2357 (old No. 54) : La Caze bequest. 42. A MONK READING. Sm. Suppl. 10 ; M. 60. An old monk sits slightly turned to the left. He has a long white beard and wears a brown cloak with a hood. With a pen in his right hand, he reads a large book lying on his knees. The figure is half-length ; the background is dark. An attractive picture for Dou. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches, oval. A replica was in the sale of W. A. Verbrugge, The Hague, September 27, 1831. Formerly in the Crozat collection. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 908 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.).