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 602 JOHANNES VERMEER SECT. 45. Head of a Person in Antique Costume. Pendant to the Arenberg "Portrait of a young Girl" (42). Sale. Amsterdam, May 16, 1696, No. 40 (17 florins). 45#. Portrait of a Young Lady. A half-length. She wears a red dress with broad white sleeves, and a large felt hat with plumes, beneath which are seen her long brown curls. Panel, 29 inches by 22^ inches. Sale. Neven, Cologne, March 17, 1879, No. 231. 46. Portrait of Vermeer. In an interior, with various accessories. Sale. Amsterdam, May 16, 1696, No. 3 (45 florins), 460. Portrait of a Young Man. B. 47. Nearly a half-length. The man wears a broad-brimmed hat of red plush and a blue cloak. Strong sunlight falls on his left cheek. The hat-brim casts a deep shadow on the upper part of the face. Panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Sale. Lafontaine, Paris, 1822. 46^. Study of a Head. B. 46. A boy with a broad-brimmed hat facing the spectator. Painted in oils on paper. Sale. Collection of drawings formed by G. Leembruggen, Amsterdam, March 5, 1866, No. 708 (Suermondt). 47. A STREET IN DELFT. B. 49 ; H. 50. The front of a house built of warm red brick, with a gabled roof that is cut off by the frame, fills the right half of the picture. The facade is in three storeys ; in the first, the lower half of which is whitewashed, are two high windows, one on either side of the entry, in which a woman is seated at her needlework ; in the second are two low windows, and in the attic is a small and narrow window. The lower half of each window is fitted with shutters, most of which are closed. To the right and left of the entry are benches on a tiled pavement ; two children are playing near the left-hand bench. To the left of the house is the entrance into the courtyard ; through the open door is seen a woman standing at a wash-tub at the back. Farther to the left is part of a small house ; this has its courtyard door, which is closed, on the right ; then comes the house wall, covered with bluish-green foliage. Above the walls and doors of the courtyards are seen the gables and roofs of other houses. Above is the sky with greyish-white clouds. Canvas, 21 inches by 17 inches. Described by Waagen (iii. 26). Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1845, No. 106 ; and in the Six collection, Amsterdam, 1900, No. 71. A water-colour copy by G. Lamberts occurred at Amsterdam sales in 1825 and 1827 ; another by A. Brondgeest, after a " View of a Town," by Vermeer, was in the Schepens sale of 181 1. [See 49.]