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in GERARD DOU 345 from above, with the inscription, " Vive ut vivas." A half-length, executed in the style of a miniature. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Compare W. Bode's Wesselhoeft-Oldenburg catalogue. Sales. Van Schuylenburch, The Hague, September 20, 1735, No. 52 (170 florins, C. van Schuylenburch) (cf. Hoet, i. 450). Gerard Hoet, The Hague, August 25, 1760, No. 52 (300 florins, Schouman). J. Goll van Franckensteyn, Amsterdam, July I, 1833 (1400 florins, Engelberts). Amsterdam, October 31, 1860 (Wesselhoeft). Now in the Hamburg Kunsthalle, Wesselhoeft collection, 1889 catalogue, P-79- 9. THE PENITENT MAGDALEN. M. 8. The Magdalen sits in a vault, bending over a book that lies open on a rock, and looking upward. She points with her right hand to her left breast which is exposed ; in her left hand she holds a scourge. In front of her are a skull, an hourglass, and a lantern. A three-quarter length. Signed in full ; panel, 9! inches by 7 inches. Now in the Karlsruhe Picture Gallery, 1894 catalogue, No. 268. 10. THE PENITENT MAGDALEN. M. 10. The Mag- dalen sits in a grotto before a rock. Her folded hands rest on an open Bible. With tearful eyes she looks at a crucifix. She has long fair hair, and wears a dark bodice and brown skirt. Her right shoulder and breast are bare. On the rock are a skull and a jug. Behind her is a withered tree. This is a half-length, recalling the St. Petersburg picture (94). Signed in full on the book j panel, 10 inches by 7! inches. In the Stockholm inventory of 1816. Now in the Stockholm National Museum, 1900 catalogue, No. 393. loa. Mary Magdalen. M. 15. In a triptych. Sale. Amsterdam, April 20, 1701, No. 2 (400 florins). io. Mary Magdalen. M. 14. An oval. Sale. Quiryn van Biesum, Amsterdam, October 18, 1719, No. no (15 florins). loc. Mary Magdalen. Sale. R. Pickfatt, Rotterdam, April 12, 1736, No. 83 (5 florins). lod. Mary Magdalen in Meditation. M. 12. With many accessories. Panel, 25 inches by 20 inches (wrongly given by M.). Sale. Baron Schonborn, Amsterdam, April 16, 1738, No. 26 (355 florins). u. Mary Magdalen doing Penance. Her hands are folded. Panel, 23 inches by 17 inches. In the Kassel Academy, 1783, No. 109.