x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 259 In the collection of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, 1659 inventory, No. 609. In the Imperial Picture Gallery, Vienna, 1907 catalogue, No. 1302. 396. A Dentist. Three-quarter-length. He is drawing a tooth from a peasant. Behind him a woman stands looking on. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 9 inches by 6J inches. In the gallery of Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna, 1885 catalogue, No. 539. 396*7. A Dentist. Sale. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739 (Hoet, i. 578), No. 46 (6 florins). 396^. A Dentist. A gaily dressed dentist draws a tooth from a peasant. Panel, about 10 inches by 12 inches. In the Hollandt collection, Brunswick, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 208). 396<r. A Dentist. Panel, about 10 inches by 16 inches. In the Karlsruhe Kunsthalle, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 207), but no longer there. 396^. Putting on a Surgical Bandage. Three figures with accessories. A sketch. Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Sale. M. de Jongh, widow of P. J. van Oosthuyse van Rijsenburg, The Hague, October 18, 1847, No. 224. 396*. A Surgeon operating on an Old Man's Hand. Engraved by Maria Katherina Prestel. In the collection of J. Fr. Ettling, Frankfort-on-Main. 397. THE ALCHEMIST. Sm. 28. In the right foreground of a large and lofty workroom an old alchemist stands at a furnace under a large projecting chimney and blows the fire under a crucible. In front of him, to the right, is a heap of pots-, crucibles, bottles, folios, and other things. On a three-legged stool to the left of him is a pipe on a paper inscribed " Oleum et operam perdis." Farther back is a low table with many utensils on it ; a little boy sits beside it, eating a piece of bread. In the remote background a woman sits by a window, looking into a basket. A little girl, with a dog, looks into a cupboard, apparently for something to eat. " This picture is of the most precious quality, and is unquestion- ably one of the choicest of this artist's productions " (Sm.). [Pendant to 464 in the Wallace Collection.] Signed in full on a shovel hanging on the right-hand wall, and dated 1661 ; panel, 13^ inches by 17^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tre'sor de la Curioszte, i. 460 ; and by Waagen, i. 405. Engraved by J. C. Bentley. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1821. Sales. Samuel van Huls, The Hague, September 3, 1737 (Hoet, i. 481), No. 32 (600 florins). ^
