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 554 PIETER DE HOOCH SECT. cards. In the foreground is a chair on which lie a pipe and tobacco. " A freely painted picture " (Sm.). Panel, i inches by 29 inches. Sales. In Leyden, August 26, 1788, No. 56 (82 florins, Wubbels). H. Twent, in Leyden, August n, 1789, No. 26 (50 florins 10 with the pendant, "Backgammon Players" (253)). M. Baron van Coehoorn, in Amsterdam, October 19, 1801, No. 29 (102 florins, Coders with the pendant, No. 28). Formerly in the possession of Norton, London, before 1842 (Sm.). 2790. Interior of an Inn. With a very good effect of light. Panel. Sale. Van Barneveld, Van den Haute, and others, Antwerp, February 26, 1844, No. 1 8. 280. The drowsy Cavalier. Sm. 66. A gentleman is seated, lean- ing his head on a table. A young woman, standing by, disturbs his sleep by tickling his neck with a straw. On the table are a jug and a glass. An open door at the back looks out upon some adjacent buildings. Canvas, about 26 inches by 20 inches. Sale. A. Hulsen, Amsterdam, May 2, 1854, No. 45. 280^. A Man smoking and a Man asleep in a Tavern. 28 inches by 22^ inches. Sale. P. Roelfsema, Alberta Backer te Oever and M. P. Grimminge, in Groningen, June 22, 1863, No. 42. 281. Setting out from the Inn. The foreground is faintly lighted from a door leading into the open air, through which is seen the setting sun. In the dim light the hostess is apparently wishing a gentleman a prosperous journey. Behind them, in shadow, are a horse and cart and a man-servant. To the left is a woman with a child in her arms. Behind her is the brightly lighted room of the inn ; some men are smoking at a table, and others are at the fireside. Canvas, 37 inches by 43 inches. Described by Havard, 132, I, and in the Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1863, p. 297, with a wood-engraving. Sale. Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 53 (10,000 francs). 282. THE SOLDIER. De G. 79. In this half-length the soldier is seated at a table smoking a clay pipe. He wears a buff jerkin, a cuirass, and a red cloak. A man and woman are jesting in the background, behind the table. The picture is genuine, but of little importance. Panel, 14 inches by n inches. Sales. M. Wolf, Berlin, May 25, 1857, No. 386. Merlo and others, Cologne, December 9, 1891 (410 merks). Afterwards in the Bock collection, Quedlingburg. Sale. Wyl von Wymetal and others, Cologne, June 14, 1895, No. 115. 283. The Woman selling Cherries. In an open doorway sits an old woman selling cherries. She weighs out some for a young girl in a