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 432 GERARD DOU SECT. ( Oud Holland, x. 223). Probably one of these was "A Girl asleep, with two Men " (258), as the Bisschop collection was bought by the Hopes. Jan and Pieter Bisschop did not possess these pictures in 1752 (Hoet, ii. 5*7)- 260^. An Interior with Figures by Candlelight. Signed in full on a bench. Sale. Amsterdam, October 25, 1838, No. 306 (17 florins 50, Stokbroo). 261. SCENE BY CANDLELIGHT. Signed in full at the bottom and dated 1671. Possibly identical with 249. In the possession of Sir G. Donaldson, London, March 1902. 161*. Figures in a Cellar by Candlelight. Panel, 7^ inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Lady Wetherall and others, London, April 18, 1903, No. 28. 262. A NUDE MAN IN THE OPEN AIR. Sm. 35, and Suppl. 24 ; M. 358. A nude soldier with long fair hair, a moustache, and a little beard, sits facing right on a stone at the foot of a withered tree. His left foot is stretched out, his right drawn up. With the left hand he points to the right. His shirt is under him. In the left foreground are his grey hat with a blue plume, his clothes, and his sword. Behind him is an open doorway, through which are seen a canal and, beyond it, the " Blaauwpoort " at Leyden. The foliage on the right has become very blue. Panel, 10 inches by 7^ inches. Pendant to 263 and 264. Noticed by Descamps. In the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1665, No. 6. Not in the Plettenberg sale of 1743 (as Sm. and Martin state). Sold by Lormier to Voyer d'Argenson, 1746 (1900 florins). Sale. Gaignat, Paris, December 1768 (Diderot, for the Empress Catherine II. see 263 for price. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 911. 263. A NUDE WOMAN IN A LANDSCAPE. Sm. 36, and Suppl. 25 ; M. 356. A fair young woman without her clothes sits on a bank at the foot of a withered tree ; her figure is turned to the right, but she looks round at the spectator. She takes hold of her right foot with her right hand, and rests her left hand on her knee. Round her waist is wrapped a white cloth. Her garments lie behind her. In the left-hand corner is a brass pot ; to the right is a bank with moss and leaves. In the distance, under a cloudy sky, rises a church-tower. Panel, 9^ inches by ~] inches, Pendant to 262 and 264. Described by Descamps. A copy by the younger Dou was in the sale. J. Meyers, Rotterdam, September 9, 1722, No. 231 (71 florins). In the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1665, No. 9.