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 506 EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER SECT. Sales. Isaak Hoogenbergh, Amsterdam, April 10, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 85), No. 67 (58 florins, with pendant, D. letswaart). The Hague, February 25, 1744, No. 12 (105 florins, with pendant, W. Lormier). In the possession of W. Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 434); according to his store-room catalogue of December, 1754, No. 205, he had bought it at The Hague (for 56 florins). Sale. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 326), No. 201 (81 florins). 121. E. H. van der Neer and his Wife. In a room with rich architectural decoration that opens into a pleasant garden, the painter in black velvet stands behind his wife, in a white satin gown, who sits playing the lute at a table with a handsome cover in the foreground. Many accessories. One of the master's best works. According to tradition it was painted for the Count von Dohna, Van der Neer's patron, and therefore probably soon after the painter's return from Orange. It is thus probable that Van der Neer's first wife, Maria Wagensvelt (who died in 1677), is represented. Panel, 14^ inches by ii inches. Sale. Baron von Castell, Hamburg, July 21, 1824, No. 148. 1210. Portrait of the Painter. Of great naturalness. Canvas. Sale. Van Barneveld, Van den Haute and others, Antwerp, February 26, 1844, No. 255 (95 florins, Lejeune). E. H. van der Neer, his Wife and Son. See "Venus and Adonis " (220). Anna van Gelder, wife of Admiral de Ruyter. [See 125.] 122. Willem Krap (who died before 1703), Burgomaster of Hoorn, with his wife. See Moes, Itonographia Batava, No. 4261. 123. PORTRAIT OF A MAN NAMED MAESHOUCKE. Half-length, seen in full face but turned a little to the right. He sits on a chair, resting his right arm on a table with a red cover. He wears a vest of shot satin and a loose dark brown robe. In the 'right background is a vista of a gallery. On the high back of the chair is the monogram "M. H.," with the letters "A. V. B." beneath. Signed in full to the right over the door ; panel, 6 inches by 4^ inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 4735. Exhibited at Utrecht, 1894 catalogue, No. 403. Sale. Plemp, Rotterdam, April 25, 1892, No. 18 (350 florins, Plemp van Duiveland). In the collection of Madame Snellen-Plemp, Utrecht, 1894. 124. Maria Anna (1667-1740), Widow of Charles II., King Spam, by birth a Princess of the Palatinate. She is in white satin with a mantle of gold brocade. She holds a sceptre and leans on a table.