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in GERARD DOU 39 i Sales. Baron Schonborn, Amsterdam, April 16, 1738, No. 26 (120 florins). J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 63 (340 florins, Foquet). Nogaret, Paris, 1780 (2000 francs). Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794. 136. A Boy blowing Soap-Bubbles. M. 267. On a table are a chip-basket, a calabash, and a turban, and at the side a skull, an hourglass, and a hat, only the plume of which is visible. Behind the table stands a fair-haired boy facing the spectator ; he is blowing soap-bubbles, and watches one floating away. Signed in full ; panel, 19 inches by 15^ inches. See Granberg, i. 470. Exhibited at Stockholm, 1884. In the collection of Countess A. Sparre, Stockholm. 1360. A Boy blowing Soap-Bubbles. Sale. D'Orvielle, Amsterdam, July 15, 1705, No. 5 (160 florins). 136^. Interior. Canvas, 24 inches by 19 inches. Sale. St. Amaro, Frankfort, June 5, 1844, No. 10. 136^. Interior with Figures. M. 308. Exhibited at the Cercle Artistique, Antwerp, 1874, by the owner, Josef de Bom (see Ned. Kunstbode, 1874, p. 130). 136^. An original Picture. Among the goods of Daniel Bogaert, Delft, 1676, according to inventory drawn up by the notary R. van Edenburgh. (A. Bredius.) 136*. A Shrine with painted Doors. Sale. Amsterdam, April 20, 1701, No. 3 (101 florins). 136^ A Man at a Window. A half-length of a bearded man, wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and a cap, at a window overgrown with vine. Panel, 6 inches by 5^ inches. Probably not by Dou, to judge from the photograph. Sales. A. Langen (Munich), June 5, 1899, No. 27 (bought in). Schippers and others, Berlin, February 19, 1900, No. 94. 137. THE OLD SCHOOLMASTER. Sm. Suppl. 8 ; M. 76. At an arched window of stone, an old schoolmaster sits facing half left at his desk, and mends his pen. He wears glasses on his nose, and has a soft cap. A bird-cage hangs to the left. On the window-sill are a parchment and an hourglass. The window curtain is drawn back, and shows several children writing at a table. A boy enters the room with his hat in his hand and a book under his arm. The curtain is not very deli- cately rendered. Signed in full on the desk, and dated 1671 ; panel, enlarged on all sides, and now measuring I2-| inches by 9^ inches.