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 in GERARD DOU 369 75*. A young Cavalier with the Order of the Golden Fleece. 2 inches by i| inch. Sale. Antwerp, July 5, 1784, No. 10 (85 florins, Vinck). 76. An Officer in an Arsenal. An officer with a walking-stick stands on the right in a large hall filled with weapons, war-stores, armour, shields, helmets, trumpets, banners, and cannon. To the left in an arched passage is a marble bust of a Roman emperor. An early work. Signed in full on the left ; panel, 30 inches by 26^ inches. Sale. Breb. . ., Paris, March 26, 1866, No. 9. 77. Small Portrait of a young Officer. Sale. C. A. de Calonne of Paris, London, March 23, 1795, No. 42 on second day (jio : los. ; see Buchanan, i. 230). 77#. A Cavalier in a Blue Cloak, with a Stick. Panel, 30 inches by 28 inches. Sale. Arthur Kay of Glasgow, London, May II, 1901, No. 31. 77^. A Cavalier in a Brown Cloak, with a Pipe. Panel, 7^ inches by 6J inches. Sale. London, June 20, 1903, No. 150. 78. PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER WITH A HALBERD. M. 167. In the background a number of marksmen are leaving the Doelen in Leyden. To the right of them are two figures copied from Rembrandt's so-called " Night Watch." Panel, 13^ inches by 10 inches. Ascribed to G. Coques in the Clancarty sale, but a very characteristic work by Dou. Sales. Chevalier de Manson, 1821. Lord Clancarty, London, March 12, 1892, No. 17 (50 : IDS.). London, March 14, 1903, No. 86. Baron D. W. . . E. of Antwerp and others, Amsterdam, November 17, 1903, No. 12 (200 florins, Landre). 79. A MAN WITH A HALBERD. M. 168 and 168*. A man holds a halberd obliquely in front of him. He wears a cuirass and a fur cap, and has at his side a sword ; only the pommel is visible, as the figure is a three-quarter length. Behind the man to the left is the wall of a town, with a dark evening sky above it. On the wall to the right is a sculptured relief of Venus reclining in a chariot. Above are the words, " Sauve Garde." In many details the picture recalls the work of Mieris. Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the collections of the Marquis d'Aoust, Paris, and of General Fabritius, St. Petersburg. Sale. Prince Serge Koudacheffof St. Petersburg, Berlin, February 14, 1905. 80. THE BACKGAMMON PLAYERS. M. 179. Two men play at backgammon in a room with a wooden floor, an open window to VOL. i 2 B