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5 i2 EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER SECT. kerchief. She raises her right hand gracefully and lays it on her bosom. Behind her are a balustrade and part of a building, adjoined by a garden. Unusually artistic and attractive. Panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. Sales. (Supplementary) Madame P. van Dorp, Leyden, October 16, 1760, No. 73 (61 florins, with 128). N. Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 143 (92 florins, Delfos). 144. Portrait of a Lady holding a Watch. In a well-furnished room a lady wearing a white satin dress and a petticoat with a red border stands leaning her right hand on a covered table. In her left hand is a watch. Delicately finished and vigorously painted. Panel, i8 inches by 14 inches. Sales. J. van der Velden, Amsterdam, December 3, 1781, No. 50 (35 florins, Yver). Amsterdam, December 5, 1785, No. 59 (28 florins). 145. Portrait of a Nun in a Woollen Robe. She wears a girdle and a cowl. She rests her left hand on a skull placed near a crucifix on a table at her side. In the distance at one side is a convent. Delicately finished and vigorously painted. Canvas, 16 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Jos. Valette and others, Amsterdam, August 26, 1807, No. 154 (3 florins 5). 145*7. Portrait of a Merry Lady. She holds a glass. Delicately finished. [Pendant to 129^.] Oval panel, 4^ inches by 3^ inches. Sale. D. de Jongh, Rotterdam, March 26, 1810, No. 16. 145^. Portrait of a Young Woman. She holds a candle. The effect of light is admirable, and the picture is most delicately finished. 8 inches by 6| inches. Sale. Van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 119 (13 florins). 146. Portrait of a Woman. According to the catalogue, it repre- sented Princess Anna (1709-1759), wife of William IV. But as E. H. van der Neer died in 1703, that Princess cannot have sat to him. Oval copper, 5^ inches by 4^ inches. Sale. J. Bernard, Amsterdam, November 24, 1834, No. 100 (3 florins 25, De Hart). 146*. Portrait of a Princess in her Coronation Robes. Full length. Wrongly identified as Christina of Sweden by Parthey. Canvas, 13 inches by 8 inches. In the collection of J. P. Weyer, Cologne, 1852 (Parthey ii. 185). 146*. Portrait of a Woman. [Pendant to 131^.] Canvas, 46 inches by 37^ inches. Sale. Rotterdam, March 15, 1866, No. 12 (n florins).