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 in GERARD DOU 367 barrow of vegetables. A baker's wife sits in front of the quack's table, washing her child. Several children stand around. On the table, which is shaded by a Chinese umbrella, are a casket, a mortar, two bottles, and a sealed parchment. The painter, with palette and brushes in his hand, looks out of a window behind the quack. Near the house is a tree in full leaf; a withered tree is in the left foreground. At the back is one of the town gates of Leyden, the " Blauwpoort " ; to the left of it is the mill called "deValk." Signed in full and dated 1652 on the edge of a paving-stone in the right-hand bottom corner ; signed also, with the first two figures of the date now almost illegible, on the parchment ; signed in full also, for the third time, on the mortar ; panel, 44 inches by 33^ inches. Engraved by Wille and by C. Hess (Sm.). Formerly in the Dtisseldorf Gallery. Now in the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 394; it was there in 1829 (Sm.). 68^. An Advocate in his Study. [Cf. 217.] Sale. Amsterdam, May 18, 1707, No. 16 (75 florins). 68. A Tailor with his Workmen. 22 inches by 19 inches. Sale. Fraula, Brussels, July 21, 1738, No. 235 (100 florins). 69. The Pig's Carcase. A pig's carcase, hung on a ladder, is being cut up by a man. The butcher stands by holding a lighted candle in a brass candlestick. Panel, 16 inches by 13^ inches. Sales. Rotterdam, June 9, 1828, No. 19*. Rotterdam, September 15, 1834, No. 68. 70. A Man holding a Glass of Wine. M. 85. In the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1665, No. 26 ; see Martin, Appendix iv. joa. A Man with a Goblet, and a Woman in the Background. 1 1 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Cornelius Wittert, Rotterdam, October 7/1733, No. 14 (360 florins). 'job. A Man drinking. Sale. W. van Haansbergen, The Hague, June 19, 1755, No. 217 (11 florins 10, H. Wannaar). 71. A Peasant. Sm. 68 ; M. 180. A peasant, seen to the knees, sits in an arm-chair. He has a fur cap on his head. His left hand, holding his pipe, rests on the chair. His right hand grasps a beer-mug standing on a table. Panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sales. F. J. de Dufresne, Amsterdam, August 22, 1770, No. 220 (500 florins, Fouquet). Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (1100 francs).