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 xvii GERARD TER BORCH 93 In the collection of the Earl of Yarborough, London ; it was there in 1857 (Waagen, iv. 70). 283. The Family of Jan de Wit. Sm. 32. One of Ter Borch's best works (see Buchanan, i. 244, 288). "A pleasing conversational subject " (Sm.). Sales. C. A. de Calonne, London, March 23, 1795, No. 36, fourth day (55 but j57 : 153., according to Buchanan). Bryan, London, May 17, 1798, No. 19, third day (58 but 60 : 1 8s., according to Buchanan). 284. PORTRAIT OF A MAN OF ABOUT FORTY. Three-quarter length, turned three-quarters left. He wears a fair peruke and has a short grey beard and an imperial. He wears a black coat and cloak with a plain white collar. The hands grasp the cloak from within. To the right are a table with a book and a red curtain. A good picture. Canvas, 16^ inches by 13^ inches. In the collection of B. Suermondt, Aachen. In the Suermondt Museum, Aachen, No. 135*2 not catalogued. 285. PORTRAIT OF A MIDDLE-AGED MAN. Half- length, turned three-quarters left and looking at the spectator. He holds his hat in his right hand, of which the thumb only is visible. He is beardless and has long curly hair falling on his shoulders. He wears a dark cloak with many folds and a white collar. Wrongly regarded as a portrait of the painter. [Pendant to 371.] Signed in the right background with the monogram j oval copper, 14 inches by ii| inches. Bought at The Hague in 1868, with the pendant. In the collection of L. Dupper, Dordrecht ; bequeathed to the Rijks- museum, 1870. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1911 catalogue, No. 568. 286. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. Full length, standing. He is seen in full face and looks at the spectator. His long fair hair falls on his shoulders ; his mouth is outlined by a small moustache. He is in black with white collar and cuffs, and has his cloak wrapped round him. His short breeches and shoes are adorned with bows. He holds his broad- brimmed black felt hat in his left hand, and rests his right hand on his hip. A very good picture. [Pendant to 372.] Signed with the monogram, and dated "Aetatis 34.1656"; canvas, 24 inches by 17^ inches. Exhibited at Rotterdam, 1899; at The Hague, 1903, No. 3; at the Rembrandt Exhibition of the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller, 1906, No. 14. In the collection of W. L. Luyken Glashorst, Amsterdam. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1911 catalogue, No. 574; on loan since 1911. 287. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. Half-length, turned to the right. He is dressed in black, in Ter Borch's usual manner. [Pendant to 374.] Signed on the back "Act. 43 . A 1657"; panel, 8 inches by 6 inches.