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xxi EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER 483 Panel, 17 inches by 13 inches. Sale. J. L. Strantwijk, Amsterdam, May 10, 1780, No. 180 (20 florins, Wubbels). 270. A Historical Picture. Very delicately finished. Canvas, 15^ inches by 19^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, December 17, 1850, No. 89 (i 6 florins, Tyssen). 28. Landscape with Figures. Showing how the shepherdess gives back the crown to the king's son. Panel, 15 inches by II inches. In the possession of Willem Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 434). According to his store-room catalogue of December 1754, he had bought it at the sale of Jacques de Roore, The Hague, September 4, 1747 (for 210 florins) ; but it is not mentioned by Hoet in his account of that sale. 28<7. Vanity. A comely woman lays her right hand on a skull. Panel, 13^ inches by n^ inches. Sale. J. A. van Kinschot, Delft, July 21, 1767 (Terw. 610), No. 46 but No. 35 of the original catalogue (90 florins, Kok). 29. A LADY HOLDING A GLASS GLOBE. Sm. 28. A lady of fair complexion, dressed in blue satin, stands at a table, holding a large glass globe in which are reflected the Marriage of the Virgin, the Flight into Egypt, and Christ bearing the Cross. On the other side of the table an angel, with both hands uplifted, looks with wonder at the globe. Signed in full, and dated 1693 ; panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. Sales. F. W. Greebe, Amsterdam, December 8, 1788, No. 5 (60 florins, Van der Schley). George Morant, London, 1832 (31 : ios.). C. Plumley, London, 1868 (81, H. B ). Seymour, London, July 4, 1896, No. 57 (120, Buttery). 30. A Woman at the Physician's. Sm. 10. A woman consults a physician about her child, which is covered up in the nurse's arms. Canvas, 23 inches by 19! inches. Sales. Comte Dubarry, Paris, November 21, 1774 (1852 francs). Prince de Conti, Paris, March 15, 1779 (1501 francs). Beaujon, Paris, April 25, 1787 (1541 francs). 31. THE WRITER. In a handsome interior a gentleman sits at his desk, placed on a table covered with an Oriental carpet. He turns towards the spectator, holding his pen in his right hand and resting his right arm on the red arm of his chair. The forefinger of his left hand is placed in a large book lying open on his desk. He wears a purple silk robe, lined with green silk, a cravat edged with lace, and a curled wig. At the other side of the table stands a young lady, seen in a three-quarter view. She lets her fingers stray over the notes of a small pair of virginals placed on the table. She wears a brown dress with a white skirt em- broidered in red. On the table are a dish of oranges and lemons, a letter,