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xxi EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER 511 Sales. N. Albrechts and others, Amsterdam, May II, 1772, No. 4 (100 florins) ; measuring 40^ inches by 34^ inches. P. Locquet, Amsterdam, September 22, 1783, No. 256 (42 florins, Van den Bogaard) ; measuring 41 inches by 35 inches. In the collection of Harry Phillips, London, 1831 (Sm.). Sale. J. Stuart, London, April 15, 1850 (26 : 55.). In the collection of Sir Hickman Bacon, Bart., Gainsborough. 138. PORTRAIT OF A LADY HOLDING A MINIA- TURE. Panel, loj inches by 8 inches. Exhibited at Mainz, 1887, No. 158*. In the collection of the late St. Michel, Mainz. 139. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY. Half-length. She stands beside a fountain adorned with a bronze dragon. She is turned a little to the left. She wears a rich costume with a light yellow bodice, a blue silk skirt, and a red sash, with pearls in her ears, at her throat, on her bosom and her hands. She lets a stream of water, pouring out of the dragon's mouth, fall on her hand. Behind her to the right are a large white marble vase, adorned with sculptures, and some trees. In the left distance is a hilly landscape, illumined by a ray from the setting sun. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1691 ; canvas, 17^ inches by 14 inches. Acquired in the reign of the Emperor Alexander III. In the Palace, Gatschina, from which it was transferred to the Hermitage in 1882. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1765. 140. PORTRAIT OF A LADY IN A LOW DRESS AT AN ARCHED WINDOW. She stands, turned a little to the left, behind the window-sill, which is adorned with a relief of childish figures, and on which she leans her left arm. With her right hand she draws aside a curtain hung from above at the window. She wears a wrap over her left arm ; she has a ribbon in her elaborately dressed hair, and a pearl bracelet on her left wrist. In the National Museum, Rome. 141. PORTRAIT OF A LADY. A small picture. In the collection of A. P. Heywood-Lonsdale, Shavington. 142. Portrait of a Lady. Three-quarter length ; standing. She wears a brown satin dress, and holds with both hands the wrap round her neck. A good and delicately finished picture. Panel, 1 1 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Huybert Ketelaar, Amsterdam, June 19, 1776, No. 154 (9 florins, Routenberg). 143. Portrait of a Lady. She is seated in an arm-chair. She wears a white satin gown with a black velvet wrap and a variegated silk