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162 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 67. A LAWYER IN HIS STUDY WITH A CLIENT. Sm. 132 ; Suppl. 65. In a room lighted by a window on the left an elderly lawyer, sits to the right in an arm-chair at a table covered with a Turkey carpet, on which are an ink-pot, papers, and parchments. He wears a brown coat over a black doublet and a velvet cap decorated with gold lace. He is studying a deed. Behind him to the right stands an elderly man with an anxious face. He holds a woodcock in his right hand, and rests the left, holding his cap, on the table. Dated on the left 1671 ; panel, 12 inches by io inches. Engraved by Fittler in the Stafford Gallery, No. 50. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 305 ; and by Waagen, ii. 45. In the collection of Griffier Fagel, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 413). Sale. Griffier Fagel, London, May 22, 1801, No. 50 (^336). In the collection of the Marquis of Stafford, Bridgewater House, 1829 (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Francis Egerton, 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 177. 68. A LAWYER IN HIS STUDY. Sm. 48. Three-quarter- length. He sits in an arm-chair, leaning his head on his right hand, with the elbow on a book lying on his table, and looks at a paper which he holds in his left. He wears a black hat, a reddish-brown jacket, and spectacles. The table is covered with a Persian carpet ; on it are an ink- pot and papers. Behind it is a bookcase. An " excellent picture " (Sm.). Signed in full on a paper on the table, and dated on another paper 1677 or 1671, according to Sm. and Waagen j panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, iii. 478. Engraved by Beauvarlet as " Le Bourgmestre." Sale. F. W. Baron von Borck, Amsterdam, May I, 1771, No. 7 (365 florins, C. Fouquet). In the collection of the Marquess of Bute, London ; Richter's 1884 catalogue, No. 125 ; it was in this collection in 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 69. A LAWYER SEATED IN HIS STUDY. He is in black with a purple cloak, and holds a paper in his right hand. Behind him is a writing-table. A map of Europe hangs on the wall above it. To the right is a bookcase. Signed, and dated 1671 on the paper in the man's hand; panel, ii inches by 9 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 262, and Suppl. 107. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1879, No. 107. In the collection of the late Charles Morrison, Basildon Park, Reading. 70. AN OLD LAWYER IN HIS STUDY. Sm. 87 ; Suppl. 42. Half-length. He wears a purplish-brown robe over a black doublet, and a green cap edged with white. He sits in a red chair at his table, reading a paper which he holds in both hands. On the table are papers