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 260 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Count van Wassenaar Obdam, The Hague, August 19, 1750 (Hoet, ii. 292), No. 37 (910 florins, Brouwer). La Live de Jully, Paris, March 5, 1770 (4105 francs, with pendant). Abbe de Gevigney, Paris, December i, 1779 (4106 francs, with pendant, bought in). Lenglier, Paris, March 10, 1788 (bought in). De la Hante, London, 1821 (^414 : 155.). In the collection of Joseph Barchard, who sold it to the London dealer Emmerson (for ^840). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, 1829 (Sm.) ; bought with the Peel collection for the National Gallery in 1871. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 846. 397*. An Alchemist. Sale. Quiryn van Biesurn, Amsterdam, October 18, 1719 (Hoet, i. 234), No. 146 (70 florins). 397^. An Alchemist. Sale. J. Wandelaar, Amsterdam, September 4, 1759, No. 12 (30 florins, Van Diemen). 398. An Alchemist. Sm. 93. He sits in his laboratory, stirring the fire. Around him are instruments and apparatus. At the back are a sleeping woman and three children. Panel, 15 inches by 20 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 300 (400 florins, Fouquet). 398*. An Alchemist. Sale. London, 1792 (^141, Sir F. Bourgeois) ; not among the Ostades at the Dulwich College Gallery. 399. The Alchemist. Sm. Suppl. 81. In a small laboratory, with a window on the left and a furnace with a large projecting chimney in the centre, an alchemist sits with his back to the spectator, blowing the fire. Around him are various apparatus. Panel, 15 inches by u inches. In the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, 1842 (Sm.). 400. The Alchemist. He sits in his laboratory beside the furnace, reading a book which lies on the edge of the furnace. On a table in front of him and on the floor are various accessories, among them a lantern and a horse's skull. At the back a child blows the bellows. Two children struggle for the contents of a pot. Another child looks into a cupboard at the back. Panel, 14 inches by 24 inches. Sale. Pierard of Valenciennes, Paris, March 20, 1860, No. 59. 400*7. An Alchemist. He sits in his laboratory studying beside an open hearth. To the right are two children. A woman and a child go away through a door at the back. Panel, 9^ inches by 12 inches. Sale. A. Baehner, Cologne, September 30, 1889, No. 97.