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in GERARD DOU 455 as 351 with some variations in the rendering. It is a slightly earlier and less accomplished work. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the collection of Adrien Dollfuss, Paris. 356. REMBRANDT'S MOTHER. M. 189. A bust, turned three-quarters right. The toothless old woman wears a large black cap and a fur cloak, and is reading a book which she has in both hands. Panel, 10 inches by 8|- inches. A similar picture by Van Tol is at Bridgewater House, No. 131. In the collection of Dr. Le Roy d'Etiolles. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, 1894, No. 7. 357. REMBRANDT'S MOTHER. Exhibited by the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, 1901, No. 62 not a pendant to No. 61 (303), which differed in size. 357#. Rembrandt's Mother. She sits in a homely room with her hands folded, reading a paper that lies on her lap. 10 inches by 8| inches. To judge from the reproduction, this was not by Dou, nor had the old woman much resemblance to Rembrandt's mother. Sale. Von Schauss-Kempfenhausen, Cologne, April 29, 1901, No. 25. 357/>. Portrait of Rembrandt's Mother. She wears a dark dress and a red cap. Panel, 24 inches by 19 inches. Sale. Henry Milner, London, December 6, 1902, No. 28. 358. Portrait of Petronella Witsen. M. 196. Pendant to the "Portrait of Jacob van der Merkt" (297). 14 inches by 10^ inches. Sales. Moyet, Amsterdam, April 12, 1859. L. M. Beels, Amsterdam, April 8, 1862. In the collection of Beels van Heemstede, Amsterdam. 359. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD WOMAN. A half-length without hands. She is slightly turned to the left and looks out of the picture. She wears a black dress trimmed with fur, a white and rather stiff collar, a gold chain set with jewels round her neck, and a blue cap edged with gold. The same model as in 89. Panel, 7^ inches by 6 inches. It is identified in the Amsterdam sale catalogue with the Lormier picture (85*:). But as this seems to have been a pendant to the " Portrait of a Boy" (338), it was probably a portrait of a young woman, not of an old one. Sale. Amsterdam, December 9, 1902, No. 18 (2350 florins). In the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam.