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 in GERARD DOU 373 90. AN OLD WOMAN. M. 204. She holds a handkerchief in her wrinkled hands. Now in the Lasienski Palace, Warsaw. 90*7. An Old Woman. M. 206. She wears fur, and with spectacles on nose is reading a book. Seen by Sandrart, between 1637 an d l 6^-> in the collection of Spiering at The Hague ("Teutsche Akademie," ii. 321). Possibly one of the portraits of Rembrandt's mother. 91. An Old Woman. Sm. 27; M. 212. A half-length. The woman has an embroidered cloak round her shoulders. Panel, 4^ inches by 3 inches, with rounded top. Engraved by J. G. Wille as a portrait of Dou's aunt. In the collection of " M. W.," 1743. Head of an Old Woman. inches by 6^ inches. Sale. Nic. Verkolje, Amsterdam, April 18, 1746, No. 21 (22 florins) ; said to be a pendant of 343. 92. An Old Woman. M. 214. She wears a black velvet hood and a fur-trimmed cloak. She has an open song-book in her hands, and appears to be singing. Panel, 6 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Abels, Amsterdam, April 17, 1794. K 2a. Supposed Portrait of Dou's Mother. A small picture, neatly executed. Sale. Bryan, London, May 17, 1798, first day, No. 45 (14:145.); see Buchanan, i. 279. 92^. Head of a Woman of advanced Age. Panel, 6 inches by 4^ inches. Sale. B. Ocke, Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 33 (5 florins, De Court). 92^. An Old Woman with a Cloth round her Head. M. 211. [Pendant to 36^.] Panel, 5^ inches by inches. Sales. (Possibly) Amsterdam, July 13, 1812, No. 37 (14 florins 10). (Possibly) J. C. Pruyssenaar, Amsterdam, December 27, 1814, No. 21. B. Ocke, Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 34 (185 florins, Van Ocke with pendant). 92^. An Old Woman with a black Veil over her Head. Signed in full ; panel, 6 inches by 4! inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 27, 1840, No. 99 (3 florins 35, De Hart). 92*?. An Old Woman with a Fur Hood and Cloak. She holds a stick. Half life-size. Panel, 9 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Freiherr C. von Mergenbaum, Frankfort-on-the-Main, July 13, 1846 No. 357.