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4 2 4 PIETER VAN SLINGELAND SECT. In the collection of Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, London ; bought as a whole in 1898 by the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi and A. Wertheimer. 7*. Nymphs in a Cave. In the collection of F. G. Naumann, Berlin, 1856 (Parthey, ii. 555). jb. Vertumnus and Pomona. A young woman, in a white satin gown which leaves her neck bare, sits at the foot of a tree on a bank. An elderly woman stands behind her, leaning on a stick, and places one hand on the young woman's shoulder as if giving her advice. A pheasant is perched on a tree. In the left background is a house with a garden and poultry in a hen-run. Signed in full ; panel, 12 inches by 8 inches. Sale. A. Brentano, Frankfort-on-Main, April 4, 1870, No. 62. 8. The Doctor's Visit. A sick lady sits in her bedroom, receiving a visit from a physician who examines attentively the contents of a glass flask. A nurse standing beside her measures out some medicine. [The lady sits in an arm-chair in the centre, almost in full face ; she wears a pale purple velvet jacket trimmed with ermine over a heavy gold brocade skirt, and a white head-dress. To the left a little dog is on its hind-legs against her knee. The physician, in black with a tall black hat, stands on the left in profile to the right ; his right hand is on his hip ; he holds up the flask in his left hand. The nurse stands on the right behind a table with a cover j she wears a dull purple dress with a white chemisette and a pointed black hood. Behind her and the lady is a four-poster bed with heavy green curtains. Translator.'] Much damaged and therefore difficult to judge. Signed in full ; canvas, 13 inches by 10 inches. [The catalogue says that it is a replica, with minor variations, of " The Sick Lady and her Doctor," by Metsu, at St. Petersburg (114). In the collection of Archibald M'Lellan, Glasgow ; bought as a whole by the city, May 1856. Translator.} In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1911 catalogue, No. 932 (old No. 444). 8#. An Old Scholar. As attractive and delicate in handling as a Dou. Sales. W. van Grondesteyn and others, Rotterdam, March 30, 1758, No. 1 08. Arnoud Leers, Amsterdam, May 19, 1767 (Terw. 603), No. 115 (30 florins). 8. An Advocate in his Study. Many accessories. 9 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. J- van Zaanen, The Hague, November 16, 1767 (Terw. 651), No. 5 (ii florins 10, Rottermond). 8<r. A Youth writing in a Book at a Table. Excellently painted. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches.