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 in GERARD DOU 363 bib. A Philosopher. M. 55. An old man meditating. In the possession of Johan van Couwenburch, 1667, and sold on September 23, 1667, to Ferd. de Brusci, the right of repurchase within two months being reserved. 6 ic. A Philosopher. M. 71. Panel, yj inches by 6 inches. Sale. Jaques de Roore, The Hague, September 4, 1747, No. 88 (200 florins, D. letswaart). bid. A Philosopher leaning on a Globe. 9 inches by 7 inches. In the collection of Nicolaas van Bremen, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 486). 6ie. A Philosopher. Sale. W. van Haansbergen, The Hague, June 19, 1755, No. 98 (55 florins, Wannaar). 6 if. A Philosopher. A head, life-size. 15 inches by 12 inches. Sales. Van Kretschmar, Amsterdam, March 29, 1757, No. 14 (55 florins). Gerard Hoet, The Hague, August 25, 1760, No. 54 (45 florins, Yver). 6i. The little Philosopher. In the collections of Tronchin ; Blade, London ; Salen ; Vitturi, No. 37. See Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting (i. 330). 6 ih. Half-length of a Philosopher. He almost faces the spectator. He wears a fur-trimmed cloak and a velvet cap, and has curly grey hair and a long white beard. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Meffre the elder, Paris, February 25, 1845, No. 23. 6 1/. A Philosopher. Panel, 14 inches by n inches. Sale. Macandrew, London, February 14, 1903, No. 126. 62. THE ASTRONOMER. M. 48. An astronomer, rising from his arm-chair, turns with his left hand a large globe standing on the table, which has a dark green cover. In his right hand, which rests on an open folio, he holds a pair of compasses. He faces right, and is seen to the knees ; he wears a long dark purple cloak and a fur-trimmed cap, and has spectacles on his nose. Near the globe are an ink-pot, a pen, a chart, an hourglass, a book, and other objects. On the wall are a book- shelf and a large chart.- In the corner is a clock with weights, marking the time as half-past ten. Painted about 1650 according to Bode; the signature, now erased, seems to have been on a round piece of wood under the globe ; panel, 22| inches by 26^ inches. Compare the similar picture at Brunswick (209). Now in the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 329.