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 in GERARD DOU 463 Not by Dou, according to Bredius. Exhibited at Berlin, 1890 ; lent by Freiherr von H., Berlin. Now in the possession of Frau Hofrat Boer, Berlin. 388. A STILL-LIFE PIECE. Sm. Suppl. 69 ; M. 364. In a wall-niche is placed, to the right, a candlestick with a lighted candle in it, upon a folio ; a clay pipe rests against it, and the tobacco lies near on a piece of printed paper. At the back is an hourglass. The niche is partly concealed by a curtain drawn with rings upon a cord stretched across the niche. A watch hangs by a blue ribbon from a nail above. Originally the exterior of a case holding "The Surprise" (254), now in the Dresden Gallery. Signed in full below the niche; panel, 17 inches by 14 inches; en- larged on all four sides, Martin thinks, by the artist himself. In the De Bye collection, Leyden, 1665 (No. 13). Now in the Dresden Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 1708, where it was in 1842 (Sm.). 389. A SILVER EWER AND DISH. M. 363. Both are richly ornamented, and stand in a wall-niche. The picture is carefully executed. Originally it was the exterior (in two pieces) of a case hold- ing "The dropsical Woman," now in the Louvre (66). [Compare also I55-] Signed in full on the edge of a napkin ; panel, 39 inches by 32 inches ; in two pieces, forming the two doors of a case. The history of this still-life is identical with that of 66. Now in the Louvre, 1900 catalogue, No. 2349 (^ No. 122). 390. A Still-life Piece. M. 366. A lighted lamp and a skull. Possibly identical with 39 1, as Martin suggests. It originally belonged to " The Hermit " (220), also in the De Bye collection. In the De Bye Collection, Leyden, No. 5. 391. A lighted Lamp. M. 367. It originally belonged to "The Girl at a Window holding a Bunch of Grapes " (174^). In the De Bye collection, Leyden, No. 19. 391*. A Skull. M. 369*. Panel, 18 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Jan de Gise, Bonn, August 30, 1742, No. 22 (80 florins). 391^. A Still-life Piece. M. 365. A lighted lamp, a tobacco-box, and a pipe are placed in a niche. [Compare 390.] Panel, 14 inches by io| inches, with rounded top. Sales. Schuylenburg, The Hague, September 20, 1735, No. 54 (20 florins). Pieter de Klok, Amsterdam, April 22, 1744, No. 47 (35 florins). J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 65 (43 florins, Leen).