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xxi EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER 497 Sales. Robert Orr, London, June 13, 1903, No. 105. M. H. Colnaghi, London, October 22, 1908, part i. No. 295. 89. THE VISIT. In the reception-room of a mansion the lady of the house sits on the left holding an infant on her lap. A young lady approaches her, raising her eyes to the ceiling. A young man, with a grey cloak on his arm, bows before the young mother. In the right back- ground near a chair is a page ; near him is a canopied bed. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1664 ; canvas, 26 inches by 22 inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer Everard, from whom the Antwerp Museum bought it in 1879. In the Antwerp Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 732. 90. A DISTINGUISHED COMPANY. A gentleman sits at a table holding in his right hand a full goblet. He grasps with his left hand the hand of the lady at his side. Behind him sits another cavalier wearing a hat. In the right background is a handsome chimney-piece ; in front of it an old cavalier converses with a seated maid-servant. A distinctly good picture. The lady's head is repainted. Canvas, 26 inches by 22| inches. In the collection at the Royal Palace, Aschaffenburg, 1902 catalogue, No. 231- 91. A COMPANY IN A GARDEN. In the foreground of a park a lady dressed in white satin gives an order to a negro page. Farther away are a young gentleman, a lady, and a dog. Fine colour. The picture has been damaged. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 25! inches by 21 inches. Sale. Robert de Neufville, Leyden, March 15, 1736 (Hoet, i. 459), No. 7 (60 florins). In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 242 ; acquired in 1764. 92. INTERIOR WITH FIVE FIGURES (or, THE VISIT). Sm. 2. In a richly furnished room, to the right, a group of three a lady and two gentlemen are playing cards. One gentleman, wearing a puffed costume with a loosely fastened cloak and a bandolier, and having long hair, sits, turned to the left and seen half from the back, on a velvet chair. He converses with the young lady who sits opposite to him and seen in full face at the card-table. She rests her right foot on a foot-warmer, and holds the cards in her left hand. A gentleman in a dark costume with a white collar, who has long hair, stands behind, advising the lady. She looks up from her game to glance at a lady advancing from the left. This lady wears an elegant white satin gown and a pink petticoat with silver trimming. A little page walks behind her, carrying her train. On the extreme right a negro, holding a bottle, seems to wait for an order. The floor is paved with slabs of marble. The back wall is richly adorned with marble pilasters, frames for the doorways, and a decorative chimney- piece. The materials are finely rendered and the brushwork is delicate. Canvas, 27^ inches by 29^ inches [26 inches by 28^ inches, according to the catalogue Translator]. VOL. v 2 K