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 352 GERARD DOU SECT. catalogue, No. 15, measuring 10 inches by 8 inches; according to him, the picture reminded one of Van Staveren, but the signature seemed authentic. A lithograph of it is in the illustrated catalogue of 1839 ; the window which frames the composition is omitted in this. [Cf. 23^.] 28. A Hermit. M. 32. A hermit, facing right, prays with clasped hands before a crucifix. A half-length, oval. At Sans Souci in 1771, engraved by L. Krliger ; still there in 1863 (Parthey, i. 351). [Cf. 42*.] 29. The Hermit at his Devotions. Sm. Suppl. 68; M. 17 a. A grey-bearded hermit in a grey cowl gazes at a crucifix ; his clasped hands rest on an open book. A withered tree is at the side of the grotto. Signed on the cover of the book ; panel, 10 inches by 7 inches. Wrongly identified by M. with (13), which has been at Amsterdam since 1808. Sale. G. Muller, Amsterdam, April 2, 1827, No. 19 (499 florins, H. van Cranenburgh). In the collection of the Baron van Brienen van de Grootelindt, Amsterdam, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. G. Th. A. M. van Brienen van de Grootelindt of Amsterdam, Paris, May 8, 1865, No. 5. 290. A Hermit at Prayer. M. 31. A hermit with grey beard and clasped hands. Signed in the right background, " Dou " ; panel, 7 inches by 5^ inches. At Pommersfelden since 1719. Sale. Count SchOnborn of Pommersfelden, Paris, May 17, 1867, No. 24. 29^. St. Jerome in a Landscape. M. 30. Signed in full ; panel, io| inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, January 26, 1869. 29*:. Portrait of a Pious Oriental. He has a bald head and a long beard and holds a crucifix. He wears a thick garment and a white cowl. He sits almost facing the spectator, and is seen to the knees. Copper, 7! inches by 5^ inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 21, 1883, No. 52. 29*/. The Hermit M. 46. An old man, seen to the knees, sits in profile to the left, holding a rosary. He wears a brown dress and a black cap. With head slightly bowed, he reads a large book that lies on his knees. Panel, 10^ inches by 10 inches. Sa/e. Brenken-Bechade, Cologne, April I, 1886, No. 32 (1930 marks). Now in the collection of P. Semeonoff, St. Petersburg, 1906 catalogue, No. 134. 29*. The Hermit. M. 29. A half-length, turned three-quarters to the right. The hermit's clasped hands, holding a rosary, rest on an open book. To the left, above his head, is seen a withered tree. Behind him