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574 CAREL FABRITIUS SECT. Removed from the National Museum, The Hague, 1808. Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1905 catalogue, No. 921 (formerly No. 77). 3. Mars. In the inventory of Anna van Eyck, Delft, 1669. 4. A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT DEALER AT HIS BOOTH IN THE OPEN AIR. To the right is the south-eastern side of the Nieuwe Kerk at Delft. A street with a canal at the side of it forms the foreground ; it leads over one of the high stone bridges so characteristic of Delft. It continues on the opposite side, along a row of fine gabled houses. Here and there is a solitary tree. Near the church is seen the town hall ; this part of the picture is enlivened by the little figure of a woman at the water's edge. In the right hand of the picture a man sits, deep in thought, under a tent set before a wall j some musical instruments lie near him. Behind the tent is a high lattice overgrown with vine. A table with a violin upon it stands near ; a lute is placed against the wall. Signed on the wall to the left and dated 1652. Now in the collection of Sir William Eden, Ferry Hill, Durham. 5. THE LANDSKNECHT. On a long low wooden bench to the right sits a young landsknecht, with his morion on his head, and his right leg stretched out. He leans forward to clean the musket lying across his knees. His broad leather strap has slipped down from his left shoulder to his fore-arm ; the straight sword attached to it rests between his legs. At the soldier's feet is a black dog. Behind the man is a low wall, illumined by sunlight. It ends to the left in a Roman Doric pillar, on which notices are posted ; a vine grows luxuriantly over the wall. Behind it, to the right, is a staircase leading to an open door on an upper storey. Below this to the left a flat arched opening gives a view over a landscape ; in the distance are seen a long low tiled roof and a larger house amidst trees. On the wall above the door is a relief, still half visible, representing St. Anthony with his pig. Signed in the bottom left-hand corner, "C. FABRITIVS : 1654"; canvas, 27 inches by 23 inches. Described by Parthey, i. 420 ; W. Burger, Musees de la Hollande, . 173; Havard, iv. 46; Bode, Schweriner Galerie, 10 ; and Brcdius, Rijks- museum, 158. Now in the Museum, Schwerin, 1882 catalogue, No. 341. $a. Figures in a Grotto. It is doubtful whether this was by Carel Fabritius. Sale. Amsterdam, March 28, 1708 (Hoet, i. 115), No. 64 (17 florins 15). 5^. A Soldier smoking. Sale. Amsterdam, November 23, 1729 (Hoet, i. 345), No. 37 (13 florins).