396 GERARD DOU SECT. 152. THE VIOLIN -PLAYER. Sm. 130; M. 172. At an arched window of stone, with a curtain drawn back, a violin-player stands with smiling face turned to the spectator. He has long curls, on which his hat is set awry, and wears a brown jacket. His music-book lies before him on the window-ledge, and his sword is leaning against the window to the right. In the left background is a landscape on an easel, with a globe behind it. Beneath the window-ledge in front is a bas-relief of children playing with a he-goat, by Duquesnoy. This is not a portrait of the artist as Sm. thought according to Martin and the Dresden catalogue. Dou was then fifty-two. But the sitter was probably an artist, to judge from the background. Signed in full on the window-ledge and dated 1665 ; panel, 16 inches by n| inches. See Martin, p. 53. A copy of this or of the St. Petersburg picture (153) is in the Lasienski collection at Warsaw (M. 172^). Acquired by Le Leu from the Araignon collection, Paris, in 1749, for Dresden. Now in the Dresden Gallery, 1902 catalogue, No. 1707. 153. THE VIOLIN -PLAYER. M. 172*. A replica of the Dresden picture (152), similarly signed and dated, and unquestionably genuine. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 906.
- 53 a - The Violin -Player. M. 172^. A replica or copy of the
Dresden picture (152). Sale. Pierard of Valenciennes, Paris, March 20, 1860 (according to Martin, but not in the sale catalogue). J 53^ The Violin-Player. A replica of the Dresden picture (152). Sale. Buckley and others, London, May 4, 1901, No. 27. 154. THE VIOLIN-PLAYER. Sm. 74 and Suppl. 51 ; M. 173 and 173*:. At an arched window, with a bird-cage to the left, a man stands facing three-quarters left and plays the violin. The man is the same sitter as in " The Quack Doctor " at Munich (68), which is dated 1652. A music-book lies open before him on the window-sill, over which hangs a carpet, partly covering a bas-relief of children playing with a he- goat, by Duquesnoy. In the background are a man grinding colours and another looking at him (Sm.). Not a portrait of the artist, according to Martin. Dated 1651 ; panel, 12 inches by 8 inches, with rounded top. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, 4, treating it as a portrait of Dou. A copy by Van der Mijn is at Schwerin, and another in the collection of Count Flirstenberg at Herdringen. Exhibited at Diisseldorf, 1886, No. 79 said to measure 12 inches by 9 inches (Martin, p. 173) j and at AbbeVille, No. 703, as a work by Van Slingelandt. Engraved by Delvaux and Ingouf.
