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 xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 655 In the collection of the New York Historical Society, 1908 catalogue, No. 274. 218. THE LUTE- MAKER. On the left a man sits, turned three-quarters right, at a table with a red cloth on which is a lute. He wears a pale red cap on his red hair, and a grey doublet. He examines a part of the instrument which he holds. On the back wall to the right is a shelf, with a bowl and an earthenware jug on it. Panel, 5^ inches by 4 inches. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 3. In the possession of the London dealers Duveen Brothers, Paris. 219. A MAN WITH A DOG. A peasant, seated in a three- quarter view to the right, fondles a dog standing to the right. He looks at it with a smile, as it stretches forward its head. The man's left hand rests on the dog's head, and his right hand grasps its coat. [Compare 219^.] In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. 219^. A Peasant with a Dog. It is uncertain whether the following possibly replicas or copies of 219 are identical : Sales. Th. Schwencke and others, The Hague, October 6, 1767, No. 86 (6 florins). Pendant to 226^; 6 inches by 4^ inches. Dr. J. F. J. Baerken and others, The Hague, August 10, 1875, No. 2. Pendant to 223^ ; signed with the monogram ; oval, 7^ inches by 6 inches. London, June 20, 1903, No. 151. Panel, 6^ inches by 5 inches. 220. A MAN. Half-length. In profile to the right, with the head in a three-quarter view and the eyes looking at the spectator. The mouth is open ; the nose is very thick. On the rough hair is a cap. Oval. In the collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris. ^2^1. A PEASANT. Half-length, in full face. He has long hair. He wears a large round felt hat, turned up on the right, with a pipe in the front brim. He has an oval face and pointed chin. He looks to the left, and puts out his tongue. Circular. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer. 22i<?. A Peasant tying his Shoe. In a landscape. Sale. P. P. Rubens, Antwerp, May 1641, No. 286 (Sm. Suppl. 364). 22 1 b. An Alchemist. An early work. Some Antwerp experts declared on December 14, 1668, that an "Alchemist " by Brouwer had several times fetched 300 or 400 florins and belonged to his early period ; see Van der Branden, p. 854. 2 1 if. A Monk. Sale. Johan van Tongeren, The Hague, March 24, 1692, No. 50 (147 florins).