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in GERARD DOU 359 49. THE MAN WEIGHING GOLD. Sm. 106, Suppl. 63 ; M. 8 1. A bearded old man with a cap sits to the right at a table, and weighs money in a balance held in his left hand. On the table lie a deed with a knight's seal, some money-bags, and a cash-box. Behind the man hangs a curtain. This is a half-length ; it lacks colour, and in places has faded. Signed in full, and dated 1664 ; panel, io| inches by 8 inches. Valued by the Museum experts in 1816 (8000 francs). In the Louvre, Paris, 1900 catalogue, No. 2354 (^ No. I2 7)- 50. THE MAN WEIGHING GOLD, WITH A BALANCE AND MONEY ON A TABLE. Ascribed to Rembrandt, but by Dou, or perhaps by Brekelenkam. Sale. Lord Clancarty, London, March 12, 1892, No. 147 (^38). 51. An Old Man holding an Hourglass. M. 54. In the collection of Queen Christina, of Sweden, in 1652 ; she had acquired it through Spiering, and returned it to him in the same year. See Martin, p. 45- 52. A JEWISH SCHOLAR. M. 62. An old man, with a small moustache and beard, sits in profile to the left at a table with a red cloth. He wears a large fur cap with a coloured cloth wound round it and falling down on his left shoulder. He has a purple doublet, over a yellow vest trimmed with fur, and a green cloak. He is reading a large illustrated folio which he holds with both hands, propped up on a closed volume, beside which lies a quill-pen. This is a half-length of the early period, recalling the portraits of Rembrandt's father. Signed in full in the right background ; panel, 16 inches by 13 inches. In the Baudouin collection, Paris. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 907. 52^. A Scholar. M. 6ia. He has before him an open book, on which he rests his left hand. 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. S. van Huls, The Hague, September 3, 1737, No. 10 (37 florins). 52^. A Scholar. M. 61. He sits reading at a table with a coloured cloth, on which are books. He wears a green jacket and a red cap, and leans his chin on his right hand. Signed in full ; canvas, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the Pflaum collection, Fahnenburg, near Diisseldorf, No. 302, in 1863 {Parthey, i. 351). 52*:. An old Scholar. M. 73. Signed in full; panel, 16 inches by 15! inches, with rounded top. Sales. Amsterdam, 1739. Heris, Brussels, June 19, 1846. In the Le Roy collection, Brussels. Sale. Menke, Cologne, October 27, 1890, No. 23 (780 marks, Sequeira only a copy).