Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 3, 1910.djvu/177

 x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 163 and writing materials. At the back is a bookcase, half-hidden by a curtain, near a window. "A beautiful specimen" (Sm.) [Possibly identical with 75. Pendant to 80.] Signed in full, and dated 1665 on a paper on the table ; panel, n inches by 9 inches. Mentioned by Descamps, vol. ii. ; and by Waagen, Suppl. 163. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1877, No. 80. Sales. Catharina Backer, widow of A. de la Court, Leyden, September 8, 1766 (Terw. 549), No. 50 (530 florins, Yver). Montribloud, Paris, February 9, 1784. W. Champion, London, 1810 ($2 : ios.). In the collection of Abraham Robarts, London, 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of A. J. Robarts, London. 71. A LAWYER IN HIS STUDY. Sm. 245; Suppl. 43. An old lawyer, wearing a black doublet, a brown cloak, and a black velvet cap, sits in an arm-chair, facing three-quarters left, and reads a paper which he holds in both hands. On his table, which is covered with a Turkey carpet, lie bundles of papers, parchments, pens, a seal, and an ink-pot. Genuine, but not especially good. Panel, 13^ inches by n inches. Engraved in the Musfe Napoleon. In the collection of King Louis XV. of France. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2499 ; it was valued by the experts in 1816 (at 2500 francs). 72. A LAWYER IN HIS STUDY. He wears a brown working costume and a cap with a border. He sits reading a letter which he holds in his right hand ; his spectacles are in his left. On the table lie papers and a large red seal. A curtain is drawn partly across the room ; behind it are a bookcase and books. A fine picture of good quality. Signed in full, and dated 1664; panel, n inches by 8| inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1885, No. 134, and 1908, No. 46. In the collection of A. P. Heywood Lonsdale, Shavington. 73. A LAWYER IN HIS STUDY CUTTING A PEN.- Three-quarter-length. He is in black, with a greyish-brown cloak and a hat. He sits, almost facing the spectator, at a table to the right, and is busy cutting a quill. On the table are parchments, seals, and papers. On the wall behind it is a bookshelf, partly hidden by a dark curtain. A fine and well-preserved picture, closely related to the Rotterdam picture of 1680 (74). Signed in full on a paper to the right, and dated 1664 ; panel, 9 inches by 7^ inches. Acquired from the Tersmiken collection by Queen Louisa Ulrica of Sweden. In the collection of King Gustavus III. of Sweden. In the Stockholm National Museum, 1900 catalogue, No. 551. 74. A LAWYER IN HIS STUDY. Three-quarter-length.