x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 415 896. PORTRAIT OF A LADY. Almost full length, turned a little to the left. She wears black silk with a smooth white collar and cuffs. Her hands are clasped at her waist ; in one she holds a fan. Yellowish tone. It strongly reminds one of 878. Signed in full, and dated 1652 ; panel, 17 inches by 14 inches. In the collection of P. von Semeonoff, St. Petersburg, 1906 catalogue, No. 405. 897. Portrait of a Young 1 Girl. Half-length ; in full face. She wears a dark- brown shawl against a grey background. Of no special value. Signed in full j panel, 9 inches by 7! inches. Mentioned by O. Granberg, Les Collections Priv'ees de la Suede, 60, No. 117. In the collection of Stockholm University, 1902 catalogue, No. 125. PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN. Half-length. She is half turned to the left, with the head to the right and the eyes cast down. She is in black, with a white cap, against a light-grey background. A genuine but not quite untouched picture of little importance. Panel, 4 inches by 3 inches. In the Holterman-Wahrendorff collection. In the National Museum, Stockholm, 1900 catalogue, No. 554. 898^. Portrait of a Woman. 6 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739, No. 95 (5 florins) not mentioned by Hoet (i. 575). 898^. Portrait of a Woman. Sale. Amsterdam, October 10, 1742 (Hoet, ii. 69), No. 52 (2 florins). 898^. Portrait of a Woman. Sale. Amsterdam, May n, 1756 (Terw. 141), No. 57 No. 126 of the original catalogue (10 florins, Ketelaar). 898^. Portrait of an Old Woman. 7 inches by 5^ inches. Sale. N , Leyden, June I, 1765 (Terw. 448), No. 33 (26 florins 10) ; but No. 17 of the original catalogue (6 florins 10, De Jong). 899. Portrait of a Woman. Sm. 41. Half-length. [Pendant to 885^.] Circular panel, 4 inches across. Sales. Gerard Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 160 (33 florins, with pendant, Calkoen). P. Calkoen, Amsterdam, September 10, 1781, No. 107 (38 florins). 899*7. Portrait of a Woman. Almost full face. [Pendant to 885*:.] Panel, 4 inches by 3! inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July n, 1798, No. 80.
