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 xx PIETER VAN SLINGELAND 423 Panel, 5 inches by 4 inches. Sale. Baroness van Leyden van Warmond, Warmond, July 31, 1816, No. 34 (210 florins). 4. Mary Magdalen. In front of some ruins the saint kneels near a tree, praying on a book. In the distance are other figures. Panel, 26 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Wurster, Cologne, June 15, 1896, No. 283. 5. A HERMIT IN A GROTTO AT NIGHT. A grotto with a hermit whose face is illumined by the moonlight, and whose hands are folded in prayer. In front of him lie a skull, a large book, and an hour- glass. 15 inches by 1 1 inches. In the Picture Gallery, Hampton Court, 1898 catalogue, No. 66 1. $a. A Hermit reading. Very finely rendered. Sales. Amsterdam, November 8, 1734, No. 79. Amsterdam, August 9, 1739 (Hoet, i. 596), No. 13 (150 florins). 5^. A Hermit praying". Many accessories. Very finely rendered. 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Heirs of Caspar Netscher, A. Schouman, and others, The Hague, July 15, 1749 (Terw. 55), No. 31 but No. 34 of the original catalogue (30 florins 10). 6. A Monk reading a Book. Many accessories. An excellent work. 23! inches by 19^ inches. Sale. Comte d'Oultremont, Leyden, March 11, 1754, No. i (213 florins, Kinkee for Bisschop of Rotterdam). 6a. A Man praying. He crouches on his knees, in a very humble attitude, praying before a crucifix. Excellently painted. Sale. W. F. Taelman Kip and others, Amsterdam, March 16, 1801, No. 22 (31 florins, Roos). 6b. A Nun. With a vision of St. Barbara. Panel, 9 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. M. Wolff, Berlin, May 25, 1857, No. 664. 6c. A Saint praying. Copper, 6 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Treuer and others, Frankfort-on-Main, April 27, 1891, No. 146. 7. A HERMIT READING. Very finely rendered. i6| inches by 14 inches. Exhibited at South Kensington Museum, London, 1891-1898, No. 78. Sale. Baron SchSnborn, Amsterdam, April 16, 1738 (Hoet, i. 509), No. 32 but No. 33 (Terw. 20), and in the original catalogue (210 florins).