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in GERARD DOU 393 142. A Sick Woman at the Physician's. Sm. 56 and Suppl. 45 ; M. 92. Through an arched window is seen a room. An old physician, wearing a brown costume, a large grey cloak trimmed with purple velvet, and a green and red cap on his head, stands facing left at the window, and thoughtfully examines a urine-glass. To the left, near an open window, stands an old woman with clasped hands ; she carries a basket on her arm. On the window-ledge in front are the physician's sealed diploma, a pewter basin, mortar, globe, open folio, bottle, and candlestick. In front of the physician is a reading-desk covered with blue leather, on which are books and a skull. At the back are seen a bottle on a shelf, and the fire- place, with a balustrade above. A plaster Cupid is suspended from the ceiling. The window-curtain is drawn back on both sides. [Compare 140.] Signed in full on the diploma ; panel, 24 inches by 19 inches. A copy, from the collection of Eveillard de Livois. Described by Descamps as in the Van Hoeck collection, 1754. Engraved in the Choiseul Gallery. Sale. Due de Choiseul, Paris, April 6, 1772 (19,1 58 francs, for the Empress Catherine). Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 903. 143. THE PHYSICIAN AND A SICK WOMAN (or, The Water Doctor). Sm. 1245 M. 93. At an arched window, a young physician facing three-quarters left, examines a urine-bottle which he holds up to the light. At a closed window behind him to the left an old woman with a basket on her right arm stands wiping her eyes with her apron. On the window-ledge to the right is an open anatomy book ; to the left is a richly worked flagon, a pewter dish, and a carpet. The window-curtain above is drawn back. Under the window-ledge is a relief of children playing with a he-goat, by Duquesnoy. The figures are half-length. A good picture. Signed in full in the centre of the ledge and dated 1653 ; panel, inches by 14^ inches, with rounded top. A copy by J. A. van Staveren is in the Six collection, Amsterdam. In the collection of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. Now in the Vienna Picture Gallery, 1896 catalogue, No. 1377, where it was in 1829 (Sm.). 1430. The Physician and a Sick Woman. M. 93^. A copy or replica of 143. Engraved by Muxel. Now in the Leuchtenberg Gallery, St. Petersburg, 1885 catalogue, No. 147. 144. THE DENTIST. Sm. 128 ; M. 87. At an arched window with a red curtain stands an old dentist with a red fur cap. He lays his left hand on the head of a young man, who, with a look of anguish, is holding his mouth. With a look of triumph, the dentist flourishes in his right hand the tooth which he has just drawn. In front of him on the window-ledge are his diploma and a basin of water.