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 396 GERARD DOU SECT. 152. THE VIOLIN -PLAYER. Sm. 130; M. 172. At an arched window of stone, with a curtain drawn back, a violin-player stands with smiling face turned to the spectator. He has long curls, on which his hat is set awry, and wears a brown jacket. His music-book lies before him on the window-ledge, and his sword is leaning against the window to the right. In the left background is a landscape on an easel, with a globe behind it. Beneath the window-ledge in front is a bas-relief of children playing with a he-goat, by Duquesnoy. This is not a portrait of the artist as Sm. thought according to Martin and the Dresden catalogue. Dou was then fifty-two. But the sitter was probably an artist, to judge from the background. Signed in full on the window-ledge and dated 1665 ; panel, 16 inches by n| inches. See Martin, p. 53. A copy of this or of the St. Petersburg picture (153) is in the Lasienski collection at Warsaw (M. 172^). Acquired by Le Leu from the Araignon collection, Paris, in 1749, for Dresden. Now in the Dresden Gallery, 1902 catalogue, No. 1707. 153. THE VIOLIN -PLAYER. M. 172*. A replica of the Dresden picture (152), similarly signed and dated, and unquestionably genuine. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 906. Dresden picture (152). Sale. Pierard of Valenciennes, Paris, March 20, 1860 (according to Martin, but not in the sale catalogue). J 53^ The Violin-Player. A replica of the Dresden picture (152). Sale. Buckley and others, London, May 4, 1901, No. 27. 154. THE VIOLIN-PLAYER. Sm. 74 and Suppl. 51 ; M. 173 and 173*:. At an arched window, with a bird-cage to the left, a man stands facing three-quarters left and plays the violin. The man is the same sitter as in " The Quack Doctor " at Munich (68), which is dated 1652. A music-book lies open before him on the window-sill, over which hangs a carpet, partly covering a bas-relief of children playing with a he- goat, by Duquesnoy. In the background are a man grinding colours and another looking at him (Sm.). Not a portrait of the artist, according to Martin. Dated 1651 ; panel, 12 inches by 8 inches, with rounded top. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, 4, treating it as a portrait of Dou. A copy by Van der Mijn is at Schwerin, and another in the collection of Count Flirstenberg at Herdringen. Exhibited at Diisseldorf, 1886, No. 79 said to measure 12 inches by 9 inches (Martin, p. 173) j and at AbbeVille, No. 703, as a work by Van Slingelandt. Engraved by Delvaux and Ingouf.
 * 53 a - The Violin -Player. M. 172^. A replica or copy of the