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45 8 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. Signed in full, and dated 1663 ; canvas, 52^ inches by 70^ inches. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 31. Sales.?. L. de Neufville, Amsterdam, June 19, 1765 (Terw. 476), No. 101 (1450 florins) in the collection in 1752 (Hoet, ii. 514). P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August I, 1810, No. 140 (3000 florins, Texier). J. B. P. Lebrun, Paris, April 15, 1811 (24,000 francs, Cardinal Fesch). Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 242 (2400, Lord Hertford). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford, London. In the Wallace Collection, London, 1908 catalogue, No. 80. 3. The Annunciation of the Virgin. Sm. 108. The angel is in blue and yellow. Figures about two-thirds the size of life. Dated 1664 ; canvas, 50 inches by 67 inches. Sales. P. N. Quarles van Ufford, Amsterdam, October 19, 1818, No. 54 (42 florins, Lanne). Lord Weymouth, London, 1828 (i$7 : ios., bought in). E. W. Lake, London, 1847 (40 : 193., J. S. Woodin). 4. The Virgin Mary and St. Joseph. Sale. Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam, October 19, 1707 (Hoet, i. 105), No. 19 (135 florins). 5. The Angels appearing to the Shepherds. Sale. Crewe, London, 1806 (.52 : ios., Collins). 6. The Virgin with the Child in her Arms. Panel, n inches by 9 inches. A copy was in the sale: Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 669. Sale. J. F. Wolschot, Antwerp, September i, 1817, No. 382. 7. REPOSE ON THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT. The Virgin with the Child sits on the ground, leaning her right arm on her bundle and holding the Child in her left arm. She wears a blue dress and a yellow kerchief. St. Joseph sits on a wall conversing with her. The background is an Italian landscape. The heads are very delicately executed. Signed in full in the centre at foot, and dated 1668 ; canvas, 12 inches by 14 inches. In the collection of Baron d'Aubigny. In the collection of Jules Porges, Paris ; acquired in 1901. 8. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT. Sm. 128. A boat fills almost the whole width of the picture, and moves to the right. It is filled with half- clad Roman soldiers and other figures, among whom (according to Sm.) are to be seen the Virgin holding the Child on an ass, a nd St. Joseph standing by her. In the boat are also a mottled red cow Drinking water, and several children. Near the boat a dog is swimming.