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 xx PIETER VAN SLINGELAND 459 Exhibited at Leyden, 1850, No. 133. In the collection of J. T. Bodel Nijenhuis, 1850. 136. The wife of Johannes Joosten van Musschenbroek. [Pendant to 135.] Exhibited at Leyden, 1850, No. 134. In the collection of J. T. Bodel Nijenhuis, 1850. 137. JOHANNES VAN MUSSCHENBROEK AND HIS WIFE. The lady, wearing a blue velvet jacket and a white satin skirt, sits, seen in full face with her head inclined to the left, at a marble table, partly covered with a red velvet cover on which lie two music-books. She holds with her right hand a little spaniel ; in her left hand is an open music- book. She has a string of pearls on her bare neck. Behind the table to the left sits her husband, seen in profile with his head raised obliquely. He has long hair and wears a dark costume ; his beardless face is contracted in a slight smile. He holds a violin, touching the strings with his left hand and grasping the bow in his right. From the ceiling in front hangs a curtain. The back wall is panelled ; through an arched doorway is seen a park with a statue. A characteristic picture with glossy flesh-tones and hard colouring. On the back is the following inscription : " Getrouwd den 25en Augustus 1685. De man geboren te Leiden 2 Augustus 1660. Gestorven te Leiden 10 Januari 1707. De vrouw geboren te Leiden 2 April 1659. Gestorven te Leiden 4 April 1743." Signed in full, and dated 1685 ; panel, 24 inches by 19 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 5232, i. In the collection of the widowed Madame van Musschenbroek, Delft. In the Rhone collection, Paris, 1854. Sale. I. Pereire, Paris, March 6, 1872, No. 160 (5200 francs). In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger, 1901. In the collection of T. Humphry Ward, London. In the collection of J. Walter, London. 138. SAMUEL VAN MUSSCHENBROEK (1639-1682), instrument-maker, of Leyden. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 5237, I. In the collection of J. L. Bienfait, Amsterdam. DINA VAN NES, wife of Johannes Meerman. [See 134.] 138^. Trijntje van Polanen, the mother of Slingeland. Splendidly rendered. Rounded at top, 6 inches by 5 inches. Sale. A. van Kinschot, Rotterdam, September 20, 1726^0.56 (35 florins, Winter). Trijntje van Slingeland, born Van Polanen. [See 138*7.] CATHARINA DE WITT, born VAN BEAUMONT. [See 130.] 139. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN. Sm. 34, and Suppl. 20. He is seen almost in full face, seated at the window of a richly