368 GERARD DOU SECT. 71*7. A Peasant drinking and smoking. Panel. Sale. Van Barneveld, Van den Haute, and others, Antwerp, February 26, 1844^ No. 155 (20 florins, Van Buyten). jib. The Drinker. A three-quarter length. A jovial-looking man, in a red vest, a brown jacket, and a broad-brimmed hat, raises a mug to his lips with his right hand. Panel, u inches by 10 inches. Sale. Krupp, junior, and others, Cologne, October 29, 1894, No. 43. 7 if. An Old Man and Woman at Table. 14 inches by 12 inches. Sale. J. H. Crofts and others, London, March 6, 1905, No. 7. 72. A Negro. M. 2240. A half-length without the hands. A negro, in profile to the left, turns his head to the spectator. He wears a turban with a pheasant's feather, a blue robe open at the neck and show- ing a pleated shirt, a gold clasp and chain on his breast, and gold earrings. Signed in full on the right ; panel, 15^ inches by 12 inches. Now in the Provincial Museum, Hanover, No. 652, according to Bruck- mann's photograph ; but not described in the catalogues by O. Eisenmann, 1891, or by Reimers, 1905. 73. The Head of a Negro. Of his earliest period. Mentioned in the inventory of the goods of Catharina van Senden by J. P. Somer, Amsterdam, July 9, 1708 (Bredius). 74. The Head of a Negro. M. 164. The negro faces left and wears a plumed turban. Known from an engraving by Coders; see W. Hora Siccama, "L. B. Coders," No. 21. Sale. (Possibly) Amsterdam, March 18, 1/39, No. 24 (3 florins 5). 75. A PAINTER WITH A PALETTE. In front of him is a book. In the collection of the late Baroness von Rothschild, Frankfort-on-the- Main. 750. A Painter. With accessories. Sale. Amsterdam, April 9, 1687, No. 2 (250 florins). 75/>. A Young Cavalier. An attractive portrait. Sale. The Hague, May 3, 1729, No. 77 (85 florins). j$c. A Soldier. With many accessories. Sale. Amsterdam, August 9, 1739, No. 10 (25 florins). 75^. The Head of a Soldier. M. 166. Panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. At Sans Souci in 1770.
