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in GERARD DOU 417 Exhibited at the British Gallery, 1839, and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1888, No. 84. Sales. (Possibly) Adriaan van Hoeck, Amsterdam, April 7, 1706, No. 2 (505 florins). (Possibly) Willem Six, Amsterdam, May 12, 1734, No. 18 (905 florins). Lapeyriere, Paris, April 14, 1817 (7000 francs). J. Barchard, London, 1826 (315, Smith). Sm. sold it to W. Beckford, who parted with it in exchange to Hume, before 1829. In the collection of Colonel Fitzgibbon, 1842 (Sm.). Now in the collection of Barclay Field, London. 211. THE ASTRONOMER. Sm. 53 j M. 316. An astronomer stands before a globe placed on a table. In his right hand he has a pair of compasses ; in his left he holds a lighted candle, without a candlestick, which illumines the scene. In front are an hour-glass, a glass bottle, and two books. Panel, 10 inches by 9 inches, with rounded top. Sales. Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (1300 francs). Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780. R. de St. Victor, Paris, November 26, 1822 (1600 francs). Now in the collection of Sir F. Cook, Bart., Richmond. 212. THE ASTRONOMER. M. 315. Through a window is seen a dark room. To the left a fair-haired student, dressed in reddish brown, sits at a table. He holds a lighted candle over a celestial globe ; in his left hand he holds a forceps. On the window-sill to the left is a lantern ; to the right an open book. In front of the window to the left a dark brown curtain is partly drawn back. The picture is very dark in tone. A false signature, "G. Douw" ; panel, 14^ inches by n| inches. See Frimmel, Kleine Galeriestudien, New Series, iii. (1896), p. 61. Not, as Martin supposes, the picture of the Amsterdam sale of 1706, to be identified with the A. van Hoeck sale (210), in which the astronomer is reading a book. Sale. Amsterdam, August 23, 1808 (39 florins, Spaan). Now in the Schonborn Gallery, Vienna, No. 74 ; it was there in 1820. 2i2rf. An Astronomer by Candlelight. M. 316*. In the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1665, No. 18. An Astronomer. An astronomer at his table with books, a globe, a violin, and other things. Panel, 21 inches by 16 inches, with rounded top. In the collection of Van Oldenbarnevelt De Witte Tullingh. Sale. Schwanberg, The Hague, 1809 (1200 francs, Traversin). 2i2c. The Alchemists. Three men sit conversing at a table by candlelight. At the fireside, in the background, are several men with flasks, retorts, and other things. Panel, 24! inches by 19! inches. Sale. Cremer and others, Cologne, January 20, 1892, No. 82. VOL. I 2