x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 165 arm-chair at a desk reading a paper which he holds in one hand ; his spectacles are in the other hand. He wears a brown cloak over a black costume, and a green velvet cap striped with yellow. He has grey hair. Papers and deeds lie on the desk ; books lie on another table behind him. Signed, and dated 1664 ; panel, n inches by 8 inches. Mentioned by Descamps ; by W. Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 56, 68 ; and by Waagen, Suppl. 117. Engraved by H. Worthington. Sales. Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801, No 77 or No. 67 of Bryan's catalogue (1781 francs). Robert Ludgate, London, 1830 (139: 135.). T. French, London, 1855 (161 : 143., Bale). In the Bale collection, London, 1857 (Waagen). Sale. Mayne, London, 1881 (.682 : ios., Filpot). 77*. A Lawyer in his Study seated at a Table. Panel, u inches by 9 inches. Sales. Mackenzie, London, May 10, 1902, No. 146. Grimond and others, London, May 25, 1903, No. 113. 77/>. A Lawyer reading a Letter in an Interior. Panel, 12 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Mrs. A. M'Connel and others, London, July 18, 1903, No. 148. 77*:. A Lawyer in his Study. Engraved in mezzotint by C. Spooner. lid. The Burgomaster at his Desk. Three-quarter-length. Engraved in mezzotint by James Watson. 78. A DOCTOR OF PHYSIC IN HIS STUDY. Sm. 126; Suppl. 64. A small three-quarter-length. He sits, turned slightly left, at a table examining a urine-flask which he holds up in his right hand. His left hand is thrust into the breast of his robe. He wears a brown robe over a black coat, and a striped velvet cap. The table is covered with a Persian carpet ; on it are an open book on botany and a gallipot. In the left background is a bookshelf, partly hidden by a curtain. On the right, through a half-opened door, is seen another room. An interesting little picture of the late period. Light in tone. [Possibly identical with 80. Pendant to 75.] Signed in full on the chair-arm, and dated 1665 ; panel, u inches by 8^ inches. A weak copy, wrongly regarded as the original, was in the sale : H. Doetsch, London, June 22, 1895, No. 382. A second copy, ascribed to Ostade, was in the sale : E. Moll the Elder and others, Amsterdam, December 15, 1908, No. 1 06 (200 florins). Engraved by Anthony Walker, about 1760, when in the collection of Alderman Beckford of London. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1832. Sak.W. Beckford, Fonthill Abbey, Bath, June 28, 1802 (76 : 135.). In the collection of Lord Sudeley, London, 1842 (Sm.).
