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4 88 EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER SECT. J. Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam, July I, 1833, No. 56 (1925 florins, Van Brienen) ; Sm. had valued it in 1833 (at 150). In the collection of Baron van Brienen van de Grootelindt, The Hague, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. G. T. A. M. Baron van Brienen van de Grootelindt of The Hague, Paris, May 8, 1865, No. 21 (7000 francs). 47. A Young Lady at her Toilet. Sm. 20. Three-quarter length. She wears a white satin gown, a black kerchief, and a white cap, and sits at her toilet-table, on which are a mirror, a silver box, and a bell. In front of her lies a book. Her attention has been diverted by some unseen object. " An exquisitely painted picture " (Sm.). Signed, and dated 1665 ; canvas, 13 J inches by io| inches. Exhibited in London, 1831 and 1847, No. 132 ; and at Manchester, 1857, No. 1048. Sale. Lord Gwydyr, London, March 10, 1829 (66 : 35., Woodin). In the collection of Charles Bredel, London, 1833 (Sm.), and 1854 (Waagen, ii. 292). Sales. C. Bredel, London, May I, 1875 G5 2 5> Davis). George Field, London, June 10, 1893 (,262 : ios.). 48. THE MOTHER AT THE CRADLE. A young woman, in a white dress and white cap with a yellow wrap round her shoulders, sits on the left beside the cradle of her sleeping child ; the cradle has a red cover lined with fur. To the right of the woman is a table with a cloth flowered in green on a red ground ; on it are a bowl and a nautilus cup. Behind the group is a dark green wall with a picture of a wooded land- scape. In the right background six steps lead up to another room, in which are a bedstead with red curtains, and a red arm-chair. Through a window is seen a house amid trees. Signed in full on the lowest step, and dated 1665 ; canvas, 17! inches by 15^ inches. In the F. W. Brederlo collection, Riga, 1906 catalogue, No. 127 (old No. 129). 48*7. A Woman with a Child. A woman holds a child in leading- strings. Very delicately finished. Panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 2, 1754 (Terw. 87), No. 67 (10 florins 10). 48^. A Young Lady and a Maid-Servant. Sale. Gabriel de la Faille and Adriana van der Kaa, The Hague, October 5, 1746, No. 43. 48*:. A Woman paring Apples. A small picture. Sol*. C. Troost, S. Arensklauw, and others, Amsterdam, March 16, 1750, No. 53. 49. A Lady with a Maid-Servant and Two Dogs. A well- dressed lady sits at a table, on which is a spaniel. She holds in both arms a little long-haired dog. She speaks to a maid-servant who gives her a bill