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 vi JOHANNES VERMEER 601 A Country Fair. Sale. J. Kamermans, Rotterdam, October 3, 1825, No. 195 (66 florins 10, Lamberts). 42. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL. B. 2 ; H. 2. A half- length of a young girl. The figure is inclined to the left, but the face, which is faintly illumined, is turned full towards the spectator. The girl wears a white drapery round her shoulders, a yellow veil at the back of her head, and pearls in her ears. The background is dark. The whole effect is very similar to that of the portrait at The Hague (44). Signed in the left-hand upper corner, "J. MEER " (the J and M intertwined). Described by Waagen (iii. 26). Sales. Amsterdam, May 16, 1696, No. 39 (17 florins). (Possibly) Dr. Luchtmans, Rotterdam, April 20, 1816, No. 92 (3 florins) ; measuring 17 inches by 13 inches. Now in the Arenberg Gallery, Brussels; W. Burger's 1859 catalogue, No. 35. 43. PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN. A three-quarter length of a woman. She stands with folded hands almost facing the spectator, with a slight inclination to the right. She wears a dark blue, almost black, dress, with white cuffs and a smooth, broad white collar with a golden yellow rosette, and gloves with ribbons of the same golden yellow colour. There is a narrow gilt stripe in her cap. The figure is strongly lighted from the left. To the right is a table with a reddish colour. To the left is the yellowish back of a chair, which has almost faded away through age. The background is dark. The half-shadows are greyish. The technique does not show the painter's usual manner of stippling. From the costume this was painted about 1655-60. Canvas, 32^ inches by 26 inches. Formerly in the Esterhazy collection, Vienna. Now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 1907 catalogue, No. 456 (old No. 312). 44. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL. A half-length of a young girl without the hands. The figure is in profile to the left ; the face is turned to the spectator. The eyes are large ; the lips are slightly parted. The girl wears on her head a blue and white turban, the ends of which fall down her shoulders ; she has a yellowish-green dress, and large pear-shaped pearls in her ears. The picture has been partly restored, since it was, when discovered, in very bad condition. It is quite in the style of the Arenberg picture (42), and was probably painted after it. Signed in the left-hand upper corner, " J. V. Meer " (the J, V and M intertwined); canvas, 18^ inches by 16 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, May 16, 1696, No. 38 (36 florins). The Hague (2 florins 50, A. A. des Tombe). In the collection of A. A. des Tombe, The Hague, who bequeathed it in 1903 to the Royal Picture Gallery. Now in the Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague ; summary catalogue of 1904, No. 670.