vii AELBERT CUYP 29 66*. A Flemish Peasant Woman. Canvas, 23^ inches by 16 inches. Sale. Brussels, July 12, 1905, No. 36. 67. A Lady drinking Chocolate. A young lady, wearing a low-cut gown and a three-cornered cap, is stirring a cup of chocolate with a little spoon. An embroidered brown cloak falls from her shoulders. Canvas, 29 inches by 23 inches. Sale. A. G. de Berghe, Brussels, June 7, 1906, No. 26. 68. A DOOR. On it is painted a young man holding his hat in his right hand, who leans over a balustrade. Sketchily painted in grey on grey. Panel, about 72 inches by 28 inches. Exhibited at Dordrecht, 1892, No. 779. The door comes from the country-house of Jo. Smits, near Dubbeldam. Presented by Frans Lebret to the Dordrecht Museum. Exhibited on loan in the Oud Dordrecht Museum at Dordrecht, 1894 catalogue, No. 102. 69. PORTRAIT OF CUYP WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER (?). They are placed on the left in a landscape. The painter, dressed in black with a white collar and a broad-brimmed hat, holds his wife's hand ; she is also in black. The child, holding a rattle, is in a carriage beside her mother. A little dog, standing on its hind legs, begs for a piece of cake which the child holds. In the background are some sheep ; in the middle are old buildings, with a town in the distance. A swallow perches on a fence in the foreground. Signed to the right on the fence, "A. Cujp f." j canvas, 40 J inches by 54 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, 1871, No. r, and 1872, No. I. Exhibited at the Exposition Retrospective, Arras. In the Museum, St. Omer, 1898 catalogue, No. 35 ; acquired in 1843. 69*. Portrait of Cuyp with his Wife and little Daughter. The child is playing with a sheep. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, 948, No. I; 1871, No. 4; and 1872, No. 2. Sale. J. Jelfs of Utrecht, London, 1773 (bought in). 70. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN. Sm. 268. Supposed to be a portrait of the painter. A man of about thirty-five, half-length, almost facing the spectator. He is dressed in black velvet, with a plain white collar. He holds a watch in his right hand ; the left hand is only partly visible. In the background is part of a Gothic building. It is warm in tone, and was commonly attributed to Rembrandt. It resembles in style the picture belonging to the Earl of Crawford (108). Oval panel, 36 inches by 29 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, 1871, Nos. 3 and 5. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. no). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1890, No. 91, lent by Lord Ashburton.
