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 262 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Sale. Leendert de Neufville, Amsterdam, June 19, 1765, No. 71 but No. 73 of the original catalogue (405 florins, with pendant, Ploos van Amstel on commission). 403^. A Quack Doctor. He cries up his wares to the people round him. Oval panel, 7 inches by 5^ inches. Sale. M. de Jongh, widow of P. J. van Oosthuyse van Rijsenburg, The Hague, October 18, 1847, No. 55. 403^. A Quack Doctor. He carries his bottles in a box, and seems to be warned off by a peasant woman looking out of a window. He leans on his stick with a thoughtful air. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. M. P. D. Baron van Sijtzama and others, Leeuwaarden, June 13, 1849, No. 1 13. 404. THE WEAVER RESTING. Sm. 106, and Suppl. 87. On the left, filling almost half of a large room lighted from the left, stands a loom. To the right of it, the weaver sits on an upturned tub, in profile to the right, smoking a clay pipe. His wife sits at the table opposite him, holding an infant ; on the table are bread and butter. Behind the table, a child opens the door of a cupboard. A dog lies in front of the group. There are other accessories. The picture, when in the Fabricius, Choiseul-Praslin, and Fouquet collections, was ascribed to Cornelis Decker and A. van Ostade in collaboration. The only painter who could be con- sidered as a possible collaborator with Ostade in this case is J. Decker ; a similar picture by him, of a smithy, is in the storeroom of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin (1906 catalogue, No. 193). But there seems no reason why Ostade should have painted only the figures and not the whole picture ; the accessories are treated entirely in his manner. Panel, iy inches by 22 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 161. Sale. Willem Fabricius, Haarlem, August 19, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 265), No. 25 (227 florins). In the Lubbeling collection, The Hague. Sales. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 72 (3010 francs) attributed to " Deckaert." Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (3000 francs, Paillet). P. Fouquet, Amsterdam, April 13, 1801, No. 18. According to Sm., it was in the collection of Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, 1842. Purchased from Gauchez in 1888 for the Brussels Museum. In the Brussels Museum, 1906 catalogue, No. 145. 404*7. The Weaver resting. See Sm. 106. This corresponds with 404. In the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam, 1829 (Sm.), bought as a whole in 1872 by the Rothschilds. 404^. The Cobbler in his Stall. Sm. 155. In front of him a