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 562 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. figures, with these leading differences, that Brouwer gives prominence to the Flemish element, while Ostade shows the Dutch light and shade and painting of tone. Other Haarlem painters, whom Brouwer had unques- tionably influenced, like JAN (mentioned at Haarlem in 1648 and 1649) and HARMEN HALS (1611-1669) an( ^ HANS BOLONGIER (before i625~after 1664), are less important because they are less individual. Their pictures may very easily be distinguished from those of Brouwer by the moderately practised eye. The same may be said of PIETER QUAST (1605 or 6-1647), a painter whose pictures are of very unequal quality ; his best pictures often pass as the works of Brouwer, and probably are still included in this catalogue. This remark applies also to the Proteus-like PIETER POTTER (1597-1652) ; not long ago, one of the most famous collections in America had a very dull work by him, passing as a Brouwer. The rare pictures of ANDRIES BOTH, who flourished in the first half of the seventeenth century, are often sold as the work of Brouwer, chiefly because the initials of the artists are the same, and thus readily give colour to the fraud. On the other hand, youthful pictures by Brouwer, because of their unusual character, have been regarded as the work of Andries Both. Less important and less attractive imitators of Brouwer are HENDRIK BOGAERT, who lived in the first half of the seventeenth century, and EGBERT VAN HEEMSKERK (1634-1704). Their types are meaner, and their colouring and composition less notable than their master's. They are the most disagreeable representatives of the school of painters of peasant life which was brought to its highest pitch by Adriaen Brouwer. CLASSIFIED SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS I. RELIGIOUS SCENES, 1-4. II. MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE, 5. III. ALLEGORICAL SCENES, 6-23/7. 1. The seven deadly sins, 6-14;'. 2. The five senses, i/y-2$. 3. Miscellaneous, 2 $aa-2 30. IV. GENRE-PIECES, 24-228^. A. Several figures, 24-187*. I. At work, 24-51. (a) Market scene, 24. (H) In the surgery, 25-44/5. (1) Dentist, 25-28. (2) Operation on the head, 29-304. (3) Operation on the arm, 30^-32. (4) Operation on back and shoulders, 33-34*. (5) Operation on foot and leg, 35-41^. (6) Miscellaneous, 42-444. (7) Undescribed,