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 xxi EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER 507 Beside her is a gilt chair. At the back is a curtain, with a view of a garden. Panel, i6| inches by n inches. Painted for Charles II., King of Spain, according to Houbraken. In the collection of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (who died in 1716), Dtisseldorf (van Gool, ii. 563). [He was the Queen's brother. Translator.'] In the Landauerbrtiderhaus, Niirnberg, 1840; it was there to 1855 (Parthey ii. 185). In the Speyer Museum, 1871 catalogue, No. 137. 125. Admiral de Ruyter (1607-1676) and his Family. The naval hero in gala costume sits beside his wife Anna van Gelder (1614-1685), and converses with his son-in-law Bernardus van Somer (1642-1684), who stands before him with his young wife Margaretha de Ruyter (1652-1688). In the background are two other children of De Ruyter, his son Engel (i 649- 1683) and his eldest daughter Cornelia (1639-1720). Inscribed on the back : " Famielje van den L. Admirael M. A. de Ruyter met syn 3de vrouw, een zoon, oudste dogter en de jongste dogter met haar man den Domine van Somer." Panel, 20 inches by 23^ inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 7374. Sale. S. Bos of Harlingen, Amsterdam, February 21, 1888, No. 117. Bernardus van Somer. [See 125.] Margaretha van Somer, born De Ruyter. [See 125.] Maria Wagensvelt, first wife of E. H. van der Neer. [See 121.] 126. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN (or, Portrait of a Burgomaster). Full length. He stands on a terrace, leaning his left arm on a balustrade. He holds a stick and a glove in his gloved right hand, and his hat in his left hand. He wears a brown costume, a black coat, and a lace cravat. His long hair falls on his shoulders. A good and char- acteristic picture. Panel, 16^ inches by 12^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1902, No. 1 88. In the collection of the Right Hon. Lewis Fry, Clifton, Bristol. 127. PORTRAIT OF A BOY AGED FROM 13 TO 15. Half-length. He wears a rich costume with a lace collar and a grey cloak falling to the girdle and covering the knee. He sits, turned three-quarters right, on a green velvet chair at a table on which is a green velvet cover with gold fringes. His long fair curls fall on his shoulders. He peels an orange which he holds in his hand. On the table are a knife, a leather- bound book, and a silver salver. To the right is a column ; behind it is draped a curtain. Very delicately painted. Panel, ii inches by 9^ inches.