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 xx PIETER VAN SLINGELAND 425 Sale. C. S. Roos, Amsterdam, August 28, 1820, No. 102 (46 florins 10, De Vries). %d. Dr. Faust in his Study. Panel. Sale. Amsterdam, December 3, 1827, No. 55 (16 florins 5, Watrin). 9. A Doctor's Surgery. In a large and lofty room a peasant, seated in an arm-chair, has his head bound up by a doctor, while the two assistants hold him. The most varied accessories, such as books, a globe, a copper pot, and so on, are scattered about the room, which is lighted by a window with a rounded top. Panel, 16 inches by 2o| inches. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Sale. The directors of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, August 4, 1828, No. 125 (202 florins, Van den Berg). ga. A Scholar at his Studies. Painted with his well-known delicacy. Panel, 4 inches by 3 inches. Sale. Dr. Max Joseph Schiller, Vienna, December 5, 1870, No. 95. 10. The Boys' School. In the centre of a schoolroom sits an old master, who adjusts his spectacles and tries the point of a quill-pen in order to correct the exercise- book which a pupil opens on his desk. Another pupil stands learning his lesson. To the right, behind the master, half-a-dozen scholars are doing what they please. In front, under the master's eye, five children are grouped quietly round the table. A cage hangs from the ceiling. On a bench are a lantern and an extinguisher. Precious in details and of the greatest delicacy in execution. Panel, i6| inches by 13 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 21, 1883, No. 95. 11. The Dentist. A large window-opening gives a view of a room equipped with retorts, bowls, glasses, and other utensils. A patient sits in an arm-chair. The dentist feels the aching tooth with his forefinger. At the back the patient's wife sits at a table. Canvas, 16 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Clave-Bouhaben, Cologne, June 4, 1894 (195 mark). iia. The Lawyer's Office. A lawyer sits in his office at a table covered with documents and speaks to a peasant standing beside him with two dead birds in his hand. Signed ; panel, 15 inches by n| inches. Sale. Krupp the younger and others, Cologne, October 29, 1894, No. 178. nb. The Alchemist. Panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Britten Slee and others, London, March 25, 1901, No. 39.