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5 o 4 EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER SECT. Panel, 9^ inches by 7^ inches. In the collection of the Comte de Vence, according to the Hermitage catalogue. In the collection of the Due de Choiseul. Sale. Prince de Conti, Paris, March 15, 1779. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 993. 116. CHILDREN AT PLAY. Sm. Suppl. 6. Two well-dressed boys, seen in full face, lie on the ground near a rounded fragment of a column, and play with a cat and a dog that tries to jump on the cat. Both the boys wear caps. One has bare knees and shoulders. In the middle distance a woman holds the hand of a child, which is playing with a little windmill. To the left are lofty palace walls with partly ruined columns. In the right background are terraces on which various people are sitting or standing. In the distance is a garden landscape. On the horizon is a hill with villages. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1679 ; on the back is inscribed, " Eglon van der Neer Fe Rotterdam Batavoorum 1679"; panel, 13^ inches by io| inches. A copy is in the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. In the Palace, Schwerin, 1792 collection, p. 26, E. iii. 21. In the Palace, Ludwigslust, 1821 catalogue, 5. In the collection of the Duke of Mecklenburg, Ludwigslust or Schwerin, 1833 (Sm., who valued it at .120). In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 727. 117. A BOY AND GIRL BIRD'S-NESTING. The boy looks up at a tall oak growing on the left. In front of him is a little girl in a yellow frock open at the neck ; she also looks up at the tree. She holds in her left hand the boy's cap with white plumes, and in her right hand two small bird's eggs. Landscape. [Pendant to in (Brunswick).] Signed in full on the left, and dated 1664; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Acquired in the time of Louisa Ulrica, Queen of Sweden. In the National Museum, Stockholm, 1900 catalogue, No. 538. Ho. Children at Play. In front of an antique statue of a warrior, four children play with a bird and a cat. It seemed to be the work of Van der Neer, but may be by A. van der Werff. In the Stockholm University collection. 119. TWO BOYS WITH A BIRD'S NEST. Two boys kneel under a tree. The elder, dressed in blue velvet, feeds a young bird with his finger. The younger boy lays his right hand on the elder's shoulder. On a bank lies a red velvet cap with a ribbon and yellow, white, and blue plumes. In the foreground grow wild flowers and plants: beyond is a hilly distance. Copper. In the collection of the Duke of Portland, Welbeck Abbey, 1894 catalogue, No. 524 ; catalogued as of the Dutch school.