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 CAREL FABRITIUS 577 Described by W. Burger, Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1864, p. 103, and 1865, p. 8 1. Acquired in 1860 by the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, described in the catalogue of 1862, and destroyed in the fire of 1864. 1 6. THE GOLDFINCH. A goldfinch sits, turned to the light, on a perch sticking out from a grey cage, which is fastened to a sunlit wall. Signed "C. Fabritius 1664"; panel, 13 inches by 9 inches. Described by Havard, iv. 61 ; by W. Burger, Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1865, p. 8 1 ; and by Bode, Schweriner Galerie, p. 10. Formerly in the Arenberg collection, Brussels. Sales. Chevalier J. Camberlyn of Brussels, Paris, 1865. Thore Burger, Paris, December 5, 1892, No. 10. Martinet, Paris, December 27, 1896, No. 16. Now in the Royal Picture Gallery at the Hague, summary catalogue of 1899, No. 604. i6a. A Still- Life Piece. Inventory of Pieter Moll, Delft, 1658. 17. A Still- Life Piece with a Musket. Inventory of Geertruid Brasser, widow of Johan van der Chijs, Delft, 1 692 (valued at 14 florins by Johan Vercolje). 1 8. A Wall Decoration with perspective Vistas. In the house of the late pastor Valentius, Delft, in the time of Samuel van Hoogstraten, 1678 (see Inleyding, p. 274). 19. A large Landscape with Water and Boats. The landscape was painted by Daniel Vosmaer, the water and boats by his brother Niclaes. By C. Fabritius it was " met een krijtge geteykent ende so wat geretokeert " that is to say, sketched out and afterwards given a finishing touch. See Obreen's Ar chief, v. 167, etc.; documents of June 12 and July 13, 1666. The picture was shown at the Delft Town Hall in February 1653 as the common property of the three painters ; it was at the Prinsenhof, 1666-7, and still unsold. 19*7. A Picture. See Qua 1 Holland, 1889, p. 163. Sate. Justus de la Grange, Delft, August 28, 1655 (40 florins, Pieter Persijn of Hoorn). iqb. A Picture. Inventory in Delft, May 13, 1667 (note by the late A. H. H. van den Burgh, The Hague). ic. A Picture. See Oud Holland, 1888, p. 295. Seen, shortly after the explosion of 1654, by the painter Pieter Janszoon van Asch in the house of Willem Janszoon Kronenburgh, at Delft (according to a document, September 28, 1667). VOL. I 2 P