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 xvm CASPAR NETSCHER 175 The physician wears a long robe and a cap trimmed with brown fur. " An excellent production " (Sm.). Signed in full on the inkstand, and dated 1664; copper, 10^ inches by 8^ inches. A replica, on panel, is at Buckingham Palace, London, 1885 catalogue, No. 25 as the work of G. Dou. Another replica is reproduced as the work of Jan Steen in Hollander, Die Medizin in der Kunst (" Medicine in Art "), plate 94 ; probably this was the example on panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches occurring in the Sales. Amsterdam, April 26, 1769, No. 76. J. Caudri, Amsterdam, September 6, 1809, No. 56 (4 florins, Zwanenburg). In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. A. 574. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1345 ; it was there in 1833 (Sm., who valued it at ji68). 75. A Sick Old Man and a Physician. An old man, in a fur-trimmed robe, sits on a chair in a room, leaning his head on a cushion. In front of him stands a physician, feeling his pulse and looking at the water in a glass. Behind to the left, beside a table with a Persian carpet, a weeping woman dries her tears with a handkerchief. On the table are a china dish, a lemon, and various other objects. A very good picture. Canvas, 27 J inches by 21 inches. Saks. C. A. de la Court, widow of Joan Meerman, Leyden, October 25, 1754, No. 26 (31 florins, letswaert). Amsterdam, May 11, 1756 (Terw. 138), No. 23 (105 florins). In the collection of Jan Bisschop, Rotterdam, till 1771 see Oud Holland, xxviii. p. 167. Sale. Amsterdam, August 10, 1785, No. 235 (15 florins, Wubbels). 76. The Physician. Sm. 70. In the centre of a room sits a physician, leaning one arm upon a table on which are a skull and some books. He holds a water-glass up to the light. At the side stands a woman. At the back of the room two men sit beside the hearth. i6| inches by 14! inches. Engraved by Folkema, 1763. j6a. A Young Girl with a Gipsy Woman. In the collection of Barent van Lin, The Hague ; transferred for a debt to the notary Dispontijn, April 18, 1676 noted by A. Bredius. j6b. A Woman Fortune-Teller. Sale. Amsterdam, November 8, 1734, No. 71. 77. The Fortune-Teller. Sm. 28. A young lady, wearing a loose gown and a white satin skirt, is having her fortune told by an old gipsy woman. In the background is a landscape. Panel, io inches by 8| inches. Sale. Due de Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (1553 francs). 78. The Fortune-Teller. Sm. 31. A young cavalier, wearing a