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 in GERARD DOU 397 Described by Descamps in the Orleans collection, 1754. Sales. Due d'Orleans, 1798 (315, Davenport). J. Davenport, London, 1801 (304 : ios., according to Sm.). Richard Walker, London, 1803 (.304 : ios., according to Sm.). Philipps, London, 1815 (346 : ios., according to Sm.). Duchesse de Berri, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 59 (11,228 francs, Heris). Heris, Brussels, June 19, 1846. In the collection of the late Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris. 154*7. The Violin-Player. Sm. 67 ; M. 173^. A copy or replica of 154. Panel, 13 inches by 10 inches. Possibly identical with 154^. Engraved by Ingouf. Sale. Coders, 1788 (2100 francs). i54/>. The Violin -Player. See Sm. 74; M. 173^. A copy or replica of 154. Sale. Robert Strange, London, March 28 and May 9, 1800 (343 : 73. and 392 : 3 : 6, according to Sm.). 154*:. The Violin-Player. M. 173^. A copy or replica of 154. 13 inches by 10 inches. Possibly identical with 1540. See Magazine of Art, November 1900, p. 45. In the collection of W. S. T., Rochester, Kent. 155. THE TRUMPETER. Sm. 41 ; M. 174. At an arched window of stone, with a blue curtain embroidered in silver hanging at the top, a trumpeter stands on the left blowing his trumpet. He is richly dressed and wears a plumed cap. On the window-ledge to the left are a silver flagon and a dish the same objects which are painted on the covers (389) of "The Dropsical Woman" at the Louvre (66). Over the ledge hangs a handsome carpet, partly covering a bas-relief of children playing with a he-goat, by Duquesnoy. In the right background are two ladies and two gentlemen at a table j a maid -servant is pouring out wine. Pendant to 174. Signed in full on the window-ledge ; canvas, 15 inches by n| inches. A copy is at Gotha, No. 241. In the De Bye collection, 1665, No. 20 (see Martin, appendix iv.). Sales. Verhamme, Amsterdam, March 16, 1757 (1925 florins, Braamcamp). G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771 (3120 florins, Locquet). P. Locquet, Amsterdam, September 22, 1783, No. 75 (7000 florins, Yver). In the collection of King Louis XV. of France. Now in the Louvre, 1900 catalogue, No. 2351 (old No. 124). I55<3. A Trumpeter. M. 175. At an arched window. His face is in shadow. The strongest light falls on his hand. In the possession of Gart, 1781 (Reynolds, ii. 335). 155^. A Violin-Player. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 778, by the owner, Sir T. W. Holburne.