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 in GERARD DOU 361 Signed in full on a book ; panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches ; oval. Described by Waagen (ii. 262, and Suppl. 108). Exhibited in London, 1879, No. 113. Sales. Baron Nagel, London, March 21, 1795 (120 : 155). Creed, London, 1813 (131 : 55., Smith) ; Sm. sold it (262 : los.). In the collection of Edward Gray, London, 1829. In the Charles Morrison collection, London, where it was in 1854. 56. AN OLD MAN CUTTING A PEN. M. 74. An old man, with a cap and eye-glasses and a fur-trimmed cloak (Rembrandt's father), sits facing left at a table, upon which is an open book. He is cutting a pen. On the book is an hourglass. Near it is an ink-pot with a pen. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches; oval. Sales. (Probably) Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, April 12, 1741, No. 66 (110 florins) but it is not said that this was an oval. Stolberg of Soder, Hanover, October 31, 1859. In the Provincial Museum, Hanover, 1891 catalogue, No. 118. 57. A Man cutting a Pen. M. 75. A man, seen at half-length and facing right, sits at a table cutting a pen. On the table are a reading- desk and an ink-pot. The man wears a cap and a fur-trimmed cloak, and has spectacles on his nose. The background is similar in colour to the foreground. The model was Rembrandt's father. It is an early work. The figure corresponds almost completely with that in the Hanover picture (56). Described from F. B. Waanders' lithograph, published by the Dutch Society of Fine Arts. 58. AN OLD MAN HOLDING A PEN (St. Paul?). Sm. 139 ; M. 58. A half-length. An old man sits facing left in an arm- chair j he is absorbed in thought. He has a long white beard and a bald head. His right hand, holding a pen, rests on an open book. He wears a brown cloak trimmed with fur. The table has a red cover, on which is a book. This picture has a characteristic brown tone, and is probably one of Dou's early works, painted under the influence of Rembrandt. Signed in full on the left ; panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. See Waagen-Gower, The Great Picture Galleries of England, 1884, vol. i. ; and Waagen (iii. 476). Possibly in the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden in 1652, and returned by her in that year to Spiering (see Martin, p. 45). Now in the collection of the Marquess of Bute, St. John's Lodge, London ; Richter's catalogue of 1884, No. 42 ; it was there in 1829 (Sm.). 58*7. An Old Man writing. M. 59. 1 1 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, July 20, 1768 (375 florins, Hardenberg). [Probably identical with 58.] 58^. A Man cutting a Pen. 9 inches by 7 inches. Sale. Hoorn, July 8, 1817, No. 132 (70 florins).