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 xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 643 1 88. A MAN KILLING A LOUSE. Half-length. A peasant, turned three-quarters right, wears a broad-brimmed cap and a doublet open at the collar, showing his shirt, which is also seen under his right sleeve. His face is covered with a stubbly beard. He holds his fists in front of him with the thumbs opposite each other, and kills a louse between them. His figure is strongly lighted by a candle on the right. At the back is a moonlit landscape, with rising ground to the left and trees to the right. The following examples of this subject exist ; it is uncertain which is the original : 1. In the collection of Baron Leon Janssen, Brussels ; on panel, 9^ inches by 7 inches. 2. In the collection of J. Lenglart, Lille. 3. In the collection of Bononi Cereda, Milan. 4. In the collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 5. In the collection of the New York Historical Society, 1908 catalogue, No. 275. Examples also occurred in the following sales : 6. Sale. Quiryn van Biesum, Amsterdam, October 18, 1719 (Hoet, i. 233), No. 136 (65 florins) ; measuring 10 inches by 14 inches. 7. Sale. A. van Kinschot, Rotterdam, September 20, 1756 (Terw. 163), No. 55 but No. 45 of the original catalogue (13 florins, Van Loten) ; measuring 7^ inches by 7^ inches. 8. Sale. Amsterdam, March 6, 1769, No. 142 ; panel, 5 inches by 3^ inches. 9. Sale. Huybert Ketelaar, Amsterdam, June 19, 1776, No. 38 (6 florins 25, Coders) ; panel, 8 inches by 6^ inches. 10. Sale. Ghent, September 23, 1777, No. 71 ; panel, about 8 inches by 5^ inches. 11. Sale. Smissaert and others, The Hague, November 19, 1902, No. 3 ; 6 inches by 4^ inches. 189. A MAN CUTTING A PEN. He wears a chestnut-brown costume and sits at a desk, turned to the right. There is little local colour. Good in expression. Panel, 7^ inches by 6 inches. In the La Caze collection, Paris. In the Louvre, Paris, La Caze bequest, 1903 catalogue, No. 1914. 190. A Man cutting a Pen. Half-length. A man with a cap, turned three-quarters right, holds a knife in his left hand and a pen in his right. He is busily occupied. Before him to the right is a bench. Oval panel, high relatively to its breadth. In the collection of Count Bloudoff, St. Petersburg. 1900. A Man cutting a Pen. .Sale. Jacob van Hoek, Amsterdam, April 12, 1719 (Hoet, i. 225), No. 88 (12 florins). N. '1-91. A Man cutting a Pen. An old man with a cap thoughtfully cuts a pen. Circular panel, 5 inches across.