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I20 GERARD TER BORCH SECT. Exhibited at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 1903, No. 178. Safe. Martin Rikoff, Paris, December 4, 1907, No. 22 (43,100 francs, Kleinberger). In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of M. Bromberg, Hamburg. 385. PORTRAIT OF A LADY. Three-quarter length, standing. She is turned half-right against a brown background. She is in black with short white puffed under-sleeves, a thin gold chain round her neck, and a close-fitting black hood. She stands at a table with a dull red cover, on which lie her gloves and cloak. Signed at top to the right with the monogram ; canvas, 17^ inches by 14 inches. In the possession of the Rotterdam dealer Jos. de Kuyper. In the Weber collection, Hamburg; acquired in 1892; 1907 catalogue, No. 267. S a k. E. F. Weber, Berlin, February 22, 1912, No. 267 (310). 386. PORTRAIT OF A LADY. Three-quarter length. She is turned three-quarters left, and looks at the spectator. Her hair is parted and elaborately dressed, falling in ringlets on her bare shoulders. She wears a light blue dress with short sleeves, ear-rings, and a pearl necklace. She gathers up her dress with her right hand ; her left hand is at her bosom. To the left is a red-covered table with a black and pink cloth. At the back are a pillar and a curtain. [Pendant to 305.] Canvas, 5^ inches by 5 inches. In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 51. 387. PORTRAIT OF AN ELDERLY LADY. Standing. She is turned three-quarters left, and looks at the spectator. She wears a small black cap and a full black dress with wide cuffs, and a large white transparent collar closely fitting over her shoulders and fastened in front. Her hands are clasped before her ; the right hand, on which is a ring, holds a closed fan. On the back wall to the right is a picture above a chair ; to the left is a bed with a large curtain. Canvas, 9 inches by 7 inches. In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 52. 388. PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN. [Pendant to 306.] Dated 1646. In the Madame van Aerden Institution, Leerdam. 389. PORTRAIT OF A MIDDLE-AGED LADY. Three- quarter length. She is turned to the left, and looks at the spectator. She wears a black hood and a black dress with a white under-skirt, and a narrow white collar with the long narrow ends hanging down. Her hands are clasped ; in the right are her gloves. To the left, on a table with a red cover, is a piece of black drapery. [Pendant to 352.] Signed on the left above the table with the monogram; panel, 15^ inches by 12 inches.