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xvn GERARD TER BORCH 81 this picture was in the collection of the Comtesse Duchatel, Paris, 1874. (cf. 228). Sales. J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June I, 1829, No. 134 (500 florins). Rotterdam, August 9, 1842, No. 67. 231. Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), Pensionary of Amsterdam, Jurist, and Poet. He is seen almost in full face, standing beside a table on which lies a patterned cloth. He is in black, with knee-breeches, low shoes, and a large broad-brimmed hat ; his long hair falls on his broad shoulders. [Pendant to 232.] Signed on the right above the table with the monogram ; canvas, 34! inches by 25^ inches. Sale. Neven, Cologne, March 17, 1879, No. 206. 232. Maria van Reygersbergen (1586-1653), wife of Hugo Grotius. She stands at a table with a cloth, on which are a little box and a fan. She has her gloves in her right hand ; with her left she holds up her black silk dress, showing the white petticoat underneath. She wears a stiff collar which, like her cuffs, is trimmed with lace. On her hair is a black cap with ribbons. [Pendant to 231.] Canvas, 34^ inches by 25^ inches. Sale. Neven, Cologne, March 17, 1879, No. 207. MARGARETHA VAN HAEXBERGEN, wife of the preacher J. van Duren. [See 226.] SWAENTJE HAGEDOORN, born NILANT. 0*253.] 233. Dr. William Harvey (1579-1658), the famous Physician. Sale. Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, July 23, 1859, No. 1053. 234. Mijnheer Hendricksen of Zwolle. A young man, half- length, in a painted stone frame of oval shape, with a chiselled laurel wreath upon it. He is turned three-quarters right and looks at the spectator. He has long hair, and is in black with a white collar and cuffs. His right hand alone is visible ; it is placed on the breast, and the fingers toy with one of the tassels of his broad collar. On the back of the picture is the inscription : " Van G. Terburg aan de jonk Heer Hendricksen van Zwolle als eene kleene gedenknis vor zijn geduldige goedheid zijn beste model " (" From G. Terburg to Jonkheer Hendricksen of Zwolle as a small remembrance of his patient kindness, his best model "). The characteristic marks of Ter Borch's manner are not to be found in this picture, although it is good enough to come from his hand. Canvas, 32 inches by 26 inches. In the Irish National Gallery, Dublin, 1898 catalogue, No. 270. 235. Henrietta Maria, Queen of England (1609-1669), her Daughter Mary (1631-1660), and Lady Coventry at The Hague. Queen Henrietta Maria visited The Hague in 1643. Panel, 22 inches by 28 inches. Sale. Sir Henry Meysey Thompson and others, London, March 16, 1901. VOL. V G