x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 261 400^. An Alchemist. 1 6 inches by 12 inches. In the possession of the London dealer Larkin, 1892, No. 40. 400f. The Alchemist. Canvas, 17 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Traiser and others, Frankfort-on-Main, May 26, 1902, No. 141. 401. AN ALCHEMIST. He sits in the right foreground of his laboratory. Beside him a short flight of steps leads to a door. In front of him is a table ; behind him is a boarded partition. At the back is the hearth. Signed on the left at foot ; panel, 15! inches by 13 inches-. In the Meyers collection, Strassburg. In the collection of D. M'lntosh, 1857. Sale. Viscount Falkland and others, London, June 14, 1907, No. 75. In the possession of the London dealers Dowdeswell, July 1907. 402. THE QUACK DOCTOR IN THE VILLAGE. On the left, in front of a tent near trees, a quack doctor stands in profile to the right. He wears grey boots, a green cloak, and a cap. He holds up a flask, offering it to an old rustic couple standing on the right near his stall, which consists of a board laid on a cask, with bottles and a box on it. The woman, with a basket on her left arm, is seen almost from the back. Beside her to the left is a little boy with a hoop, also seen from the back. To the left of the old man, behind the table, stand two other children. In the right background are a cottage and a man. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1648 ; panel, n inches by 8^ inches. Etched by A. van Ostade, who added three spectators (B. 43). Sales. Bicker and Wijkersloot, Amsterdam, July 9, 1809, No. 41 (425 florins, Teengs). D. Teengs, Amsterdam, April 24, 1811, No. 98 (530 florins, De Lelie). In the collection of J. Rombouts, Dordrecht, 1850. In the collection of L. Dupper, Dordrecht, which was bequeathed to the Rijksmuseum in 1870. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, L. Dupper bequest, 1907 catalogue, No. 1814. 402*. A Quack Doctor. Of the best period. Sale. Amsterdam, March i, 1735, No. 4. 402/1. A Quack Doctor. [Pendant to 674*.] Sale. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739 (Hoet, ii. 578), No. 49 (258 florins, with pendant). 403. A Quack Doctor. Sm. 23. He is in the open air, offering his wares to the crowd. [Pendant to 685.] Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the collection of P. L. de Neufville, Amsterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 514).
