174 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 10 ja. A Lute-Player. Sale. Tomas Argus, Haarlem, February 19, 1704, No. 10. 107^. A Lute-Player. Sale. Philip Cosson, Amsterdam, March 18, 1729 (Hoet, i. 331), No. 1 6 (l 8 florins). 107^. A Fiddler. Panel. Sale. H. D. G. de Maree and W. Horstink, Haarlem, May 12, 1817, No. 132. 107^. A Violinist. Canvas, 22 inches by 21 inches. Sale. H. J. van Wisselingh and others, Amsterdam, May 19, 1856, No. 42. i o'jd. A Violinist. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. P. van Arnhem, Groningen, September 24, 1868, No. 215. 107*. The Dutch Fiddler. Engraved by Pierre Chenu as " Le Violon Hollandais." 1 08. A Lute-Player. Half-length. He is turned to the left. His head is turned to the right, and bent down to the left as if he is listening to his music. He wears a high cap. His left hand is on the strings, so that the print is evidently taken in reverse. Described from a mezzotint by J. van Somer (Wessely, 65). loSa. A Flute-Player. Sale. Gerard van Sypes or Everard van Sypestein Utrecht, April 1 1, 1714 (Hoet, i. 172), No. 9 (40 florins). 109. THE ITINERANT HURDY-GURDY PLAYER. Sm. 45, 58 ; Suppl. 27. Half-length, turned left, with his head towards the spectator. He stands before the open door of a vine-clad house, singing to the music of his hurdy-gurdy. He is in grey, with a pink vest and grey cloak, and a hat with cock's feathers. [Pendant to 107, and also to 58.] Signed in full at the top, and dated 1648 ; panel, loj inches by 8| inches. Mentioned by Descamps. Engraved by Chenu, 1772, as "Le Vielleur Hollandois," in the Baudouin collection ; probably by Le Bas also in the same collection. In the Braamcamp collection, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 507). Sale. Gerard Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 303 (340 florins, with pendant 58, P. Fouquet). In the collection of Comte Baudouin, Paris, 1772. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 949; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 109*7. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player. Sale. Johan van Tongeren, The Hague, March 24, 1692 (Hoet, i. 14), No. 67 (126 florins).
