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In Holland. 535 Jan ver Meer, a native of Delft (1632—1696 ?), is usually called ' Ver Meer of Delft," to distinguish him from Van der Meer of Haarlem, and Van der Meer of Utrecht, both somewhat unimportant artists of whom little is known w T ith certainty. Burger has done much to restore a place in the history of art for this distinguished painter, whose principal works have probably received the name of De Hooch since that painter has been restored to honour. Although the View of Delft — purchased for 5000 florins — now in the Museum of the Hague, is a landscape treated in the manner of Philips de Koninck, Ver Meer adhered rather to Pieter de Hooch in the usual choice of his sub- jects and his use of effects. Two good works by Ver Meer are in the Six Collection at Amsterdam ; the one is a View^ of a Street, probably in Delft, and the other a Milk-woman.., Pictures by this artist are highly prized. Her Majesty the Queen possesses a fine work, by him, entitled the Music Lesson. Frans van Mieris (1635 — 1681) entered the studio of Gerard Dou at Leyden, who was so pleased with his paint- ing that he named him "the prince of his pupils." As his masterpieces we should mention the Shop-woman at her counter, in the Belvedere at Vienna ; and a Lady fainting in presence of her doctor, in the Pinakothek, Munich. The National Gallery has but one work of Mieris — a Lady in a crimson jacket ; repetitions of it are in the Munich Gallery and in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen. The Amsterdam Gallery has a Lady playing on a flute by Van Mieris, of great merit; and we must not forget to mention his works in the Ufifizi at Florence, among others, the portraits of Mieris and his family. We may here notice his son and pupil, Willem van