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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 337 Sale. Hendrik van der Vugt, Amsterdam, April 27, 1745 (Hoet, ii. 158), No. 24 (131 florins, with- pendant, Schouman). In the collection of J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 493). Sales. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 367 (325 florins, Fouquet). (Supplementary) P. Quinting, Dordrecht, July 23, 1810, No. 8*. 97. An Allegory of this Vain and Transitory Life. Sm. 107. A child blows soap-bubbles. There are also a skull, an expiring torch, and so on. Canvas, 25 inches by 27^ inches. Sales. Marquis von St. Philipe, the Spanish Ambassador, The Hague, July 30, 1726 (80 florins) according to Sm., but not Terw. The Hague, May 3, 1729 (Terw. 6), No. 62 (80 florins). In the collection of J. van der Linden van Slingeland according to Sm. 970. The Escaped Bird (or, Lost Chastity). At an arched window adorned with a drapery a young Dutch girl is at a table. Her left hand is in a half-opened basket. Her right arm is raised to grasp the escaped bird. Very attractive and finely rendered. Sale. Paris, March 13, 1846, No. 40 (100 francs). Vanity. Still-life, with emblems of death. In the Bartels collection, Berlin, 1864 (Parthey, ii. 501). 98. Vanity. On a table stand a smoking urn and a lighted lamp whose rays are reflected by an hour-glass. The hour-glass is behind a skull round which is laid a spray of roses. Very finely rendered. Canvas, 29^ inches by 24 inches. Sales. The widow of S. A. Westerhof, born Van der Schagen, Amsterdam, May 1 6, 1781, No. 47 (loo florins). P. Lyonet, Amsterdam, April ii, 1791, No. 231 (38 florins, Wagner). Amsterdam, May 23, 1798, No. 168 (16 florins, Berkenbosch). W. Wreesman Borghartz, Amsterdam, April n, 1816, No. 166 (41 florins, Sardet). J. van Beek, Amsterdam, June 2, 1828, No. 59. (Supplementary) Amsterdam, May 14, 1839, No. 430 (14 florins 25, Roos). L. J. Quarles van Uffbrd, Haarlem, March 23, 1874, No. 34. Van Loon Van Winter and others, Amsterdam, February 26, 1878, No. 57. H. Hollander, the widow of G. J. Schouten, H. Pino, and others, Amsterdam, October 14, 1884, No. 67. 99. The Painter. In the collection of Thomas J. Bryan, given to the Historical Society, 1867. In the collection of the New York Historical Society, 1903 catalogue, No. 320. VOL. v z