454 GERARD DOU SECT. Barchmann Wuytiers, Utrecht, September 17, 1792, No. 18 (40 florins, with pendant, Carlier). Now in the Dresden Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 1719. 351. REMBRANDT'S MOTHER. M. 183. A three-quarter length, turned to the right, against a greyish-blue background. She sits at a table with a green cloth, in the left-hand corner of the picture. On the table are a metal pot and a purse. She wears a large purple cloak trimmed with fur and a purple cap. She holds a large thin book which she is reading. [Compare 355.] Panel, 9^ inches by 7! inches, oval. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, A. 670. Now in the Dresden Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 670. 352. REMBRANDT'S MOTHER. M. 1 88. She sits in profile to the left, reading a Bible which she holds in both hands close to her eyes. It is open at Luke, chapter 14, and the words "op den dach der kerk wijden zij " are plainly legible. She wears a brown fur cap and a dark greyish-blue cloak trimmed with fur. Panel, 28 inches by ii inches. Michel, p. 31, ascribes this to Rembrandt ; see Martin, ch. i. Purchased at The Hague, about 1830, and long exhibited on loan at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and at the Mauritshuis, The Hague. In the possession of C. Hoekwater, The Hague. 353. REMBRANDT'S MOTHER. Sm. Suppl. 31 ; M. 186. A half-length, turned three-quarters left. She wears a blue velvet cloak trimmed with fur, a white collar, and a red cap round which a white kerchief is wound with the ends hanging down on the shoulders. [Pendant to 302.] Panel, 9^ inches by 7 inches, oval. See Martin, ch. i. In the De Reuver collection, Delft ; thence acquired for Kassel. In the Palace inventory, Kassel, 1783, No. 117. Now in the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 258 (old No. 234). 354. REMBRANDT'S MOTHER. Sm. 64; M. 187. A half- length. She sits in an arm-chair at a table covered with a green cloth ; she holds in both hands a book which she is reading. She wears a fur cap and a purple cloak trimmed with fur. This is closely related to the smaller Dresden picture (349). Signed in full in the background ; panel, inches by 3^ inches, oval. Pendant to the picture by Schalcken in the Louvre of "An Old Man Answering a Letter" (2567). Sale. Comte de Vaudreuil, Paris, November 24, 1784, No. 42 (2500 francs, with the Schalcken). In the collection of Louis XVI. Now in the Louvre, Paris, 1900 catalogue, No. 2358 (old No. 131). 355. REMBRANDT'S MOTHER. M. 184. The same picture
