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 xvii GERARD TER BORCH 83 Exhibited in the Exhibition of Miniatures, Rotterdam, 1910, No. 533. In the collection of A. R. P. van Kinschot, The Hague. 241. KRAFFT VON SCHARFENSTEIN, Plenipotentiary at the Peace Congress at Munster, 1648. Long curly hair and moustache. A plain collar. Oval copper, 6| inches by 5 inches. Exhibited in the Rembrandt Exhibition of the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller, 1906, No. 17. In the collection of E. Warneck, Paris. 242. HEINRICH LANGENBECK (1603-1669), the Brunswick Envoy at the Peace Congress at Munster, 1648. Full length. He is turned three-quarters left and looks at the spectator. He is wrapped in a long cloak falling to his feet. His head is bare ; he has long curly hair, a little moustache, and a thin beard. He holds a letter in his right hand and a handkerchief in his left. He stands at a table with a small white cloth over a large red cloth ; on the table are a book, a mirror, a candle- stick, and a metal box. Behind him is a chair. On the right wall hangs a picture. At the back is a door. To the left is a bed. The subject's name is given in an inscription on the back. The picture has been repainted, and the face has suffered greatly. There is a false signature on the right at foot ; canvas, 29 inches by 21 inches. Sales. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 122 (370 francs, Foucart). Foucart, Valenciennes, October 12, 1898, No. in (2450 francs). 243. WILLEM MARIENBURG (1590-1648), Burgomaster ot Deventer. Half-length. He is turned to the right and looks at the spectator. He wears a simple black costume, with a black cap and a broad collar. Dark background. In a painted stone oval. [Pendant to 244.] Oval, canvas, 14 inches by 12 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 4812, 2. Exhibited at Brussels, 1873, No. 171. In the Bols collection, Deventer ; bought from it in 1868. In the collection of B. Suermondt, Aachen ; bought in 1874 by the Berlin Museums. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1911 catalogue, No. 791 A. 244. GEERTRUIDA ASSINCK (1602-1679), wife of Willem Marienburg. Half-length. She is turned to the left and looks at the spectator. She is in black, with a black kerchief over a white cap and a close-fitting collar of white tulle. Dark background. In a painted stone oval. [Pendant to 243.] Signed on the right at foot with the monogram j oval, canvas, 14 inches by 12 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Satava, No. 878. Exhibited at Brussels, 1873, No. 172. In the Bols collection, Deventer ; bought from it in 1868.