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 xvn GERARD TER BORCH 85 curly hair and wears a broad black felt hat. Over a dark costume with a white collar he has a black cloak covering his left arm. He holds in his right hand a watch which he shows to his wife, who is seated to the left and at whom he is looking. She is also in black, wearing a black cap, white cuffs, and a broad white collar. She looks at the watch. She holds on her lap her little son, who is seen in full face and looks straight before him. He wears a white frock with greyish-green and yellow stripes on the sleeves, and has a black hat over a white hood. The mother holds his right hand in hers. Above to the left is the Moerkerken coat-of-arms ; argent, a bend sable ; between two rectangles of the first a half-moon ; three lions' heads gules. Beside it to the right is the Nijkerken coat-of- arms ; argent, two castles gules with roofs azure. Below these shields, and divided from them by an inscription bearing the names of the man and his wife, the Moerkerken shield is repeated. As Philippus was born in 1652, the picture must have been painted in 1653 or 1654. A good picture, though not very happily composed. The coloured shields spoil the effect. [Cf. 282.] Panel, i6| inches by 14 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 5094, 2. Exhibited at Utrecht, 1894, No. 236. In the collection of James de Fremery, 's Gravezande ; exhibited on loan at the Royal Gallery, The Hague, 1895-1904, No. 604. In the collection of J. de Fremery, Oaklands, California. 249. Gerard van Muyden (1656-1718), Apothecary at Zwolle. Full length, standing. Signed with the monogram, and dated 1675 ; canvas, 16 inches by I2| inches. Sales. Amsterdam, February 18, 1875, No. 18. Hacker, Frankfort-on-Main, April 26, 1901, No. 161. Wolf and others, Frankfort-on-Main, May 12, 1903, No. 242^. Aletta van Nes, born Ravensberg. [See 259.] 250. ALBERT NILANT (born in 1647), Treasurer of Ter Hunnep. Full length, standing. A beardless young man, turned three- quarters right and looking at the spectator. His long hair falls on his shoulders. He wears a black costume slashed with white, breeches, black stockings, and black laced shoes. He holds his large felt hat in his left hand, and rests his right hand on his hip. A good and attractive picture. [Pendant to 253.] Canvas, 28J inches by 20 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 5392. Exhibited at Berlin, 1906, No. 140. Sale. Houck of Deventer, Amsterdam, May 7, 1895, No. 54 (3550 florins, with pendant, Schouten). In the possession of the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi. In the collection of Berthold Richter, Berlin. 251. HENDRIK NILANT (1609- 1 684), Burgomaster of Deventer. He sits on a chair, wearing a felt hat. His hands are clasped on his