in GERARD DOU 371 73 ; M. 170. On the right a young man sits in an arm-chair, pkying a flute and gazing at the spectator. He wears a purple cap with a feather, and a carmine cloak trimmed with fur. Beside him is a table with a blue cloth, on which are a globe, an open book and a closed book, and an open Bible with pictures propped up against a pillar. Behind him are two shelves ; on the lower one are some books, a roll of paper, and an hour- glass ; while on the upper shelf is a globe. In front of the shelves is a blue curtain suspended from the pillar, on which hangs a violin. Martin thinks this picture a portrait of the artist, but the man seems too young. Panel, 14 inches by n inches, now rounded at the top, but originally oval.
Exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1900, No. 16. In the Amsterdam Museum before 1829 (Sm.). Sales. Amsterdam, August 4, 1828, No. 47 (349 florins, Lamme) then an oval. J. Kleinenbergh, Leyden, July 19, 1841, No. 33 (5150 florins, Laudri, or Nieuwenhuys, according to Sm.). E. Higginson, Saltmarsh Castle, June 4, 1846. A. Hope, London, June 30, 1893, No. 24 (3675, Davis). Now in the collection of Lord Carysfort, London. 83^. A Trumpeter. M. 176. He sits at a table in a room, drinking. 21 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Stove, London, June 28, 1890 (^294). 84. A Man playing the Guitar. M. 177. A guitar-player sits on a chair in his study, leaning against a bookshelf. He wears a dark costume and a red cap. To his right is a table covered with an Oriental carpet, on which lie other musical instruments and music-books. A bass viol rests against the table. In the background is a chimney-piece on pillars. Signed in full at the top ; panel, 16 inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Weber de Treuenfels, Paris, April 8, 1867. 85. THE HURDY-GURDY MAN. Sm. 16 and Suppl. 16]; M. 178. An old man sits at a cottage door playing the hurdy-gurdy. A woman with a glass in her hand leans on the half-door, listening to the music. A net of turnips hangs above the man's head, and a vine grows over the doorway. To the right is the stump of an old tree, with a land- scape beyond it. Panel, u inches by 8 inches. Sale. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1663, No. 70 (605 florins, Fouquet); see Hoet, ii. 421. Purchased then or soon after by Captain Baillie for Sir James Lowther. Now in the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle. 85^7. A Woman. M. 201. In the collection of Nortuic (that is, the seigneur of Noordwijk, then Jonkheer Wigbold van der Does), at The Hague, 1663 ; seen by Monconys (for his journey cf. "Ned. Kunstbode," 1880, p. 413).
