463 PIETER VAN SLINGELAND SECT. furnished room. He leans on the window-sill, over which is thrown a Turkey carpet. He looks at a watch in his hand. A blue silk curtain hangs in front. "Finished with surprising delicacy" (Sm.). Signed in full at top to the right, and dated 1688 ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sales. Adriaan Bout, The Hague, August n, 1733 (Hoet, i. 389), No. 58 (265 florins, Da Costa). B. da Costa, The Hague, August 13, 1764 (Terw. 379), No. 64 (560 florins, Van Heteren). J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, March 29, 1773. In the collection of A. L. van Heteren, The Hague ; bought as a whole in 1809 for the Rijksmuseum. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1911 catalogue, No. 2204. 140. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN. Half - length. Painted on a copper-plate with the pendant (159). Besides the portraits there are a mythological scene [ " The Triumphal Procession of Amphi- trite " ] and a frieze in grisaille by Willem van Mieris. Signed in full, and dated 1678 ; oval copper, 4 inches by 3 inches. Sales. J. M. van Gelder and others, Amsterdam, April 23, 1895, No. 1085. G. de Clercq, Amsterdam, June i, 1897, No. 90. Acquired with the pendant in 1902 by the Rembrandt Society for the Rijksmuseum. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1911 catalogue, No. 2205. 141. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN. He has long black hair. He is turned a little to the right and looks at the spectator. He is in black with a close-fitting lace collar. His left hand is at his breast. In the right background is a column. Oval copper, 4 inches by 3 inches. In the Suermondt collection, Aachen, 1874. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1911 catalogue, No. 854^. 142. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN. Three -quarter length ; in full face. He leans his right arm on a sculptured pedestal. He grasps with his left hand the edge of his loose cloak. He wears a full- bottomed wig, with curls falling on his shoulders, and a white lace cravat. In the left background is a fountain, with the figure of a child riding on a dolphin. To the right is a park with architecture. Signed in full at the foot of a pilaster j panel, 17 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Brussels, July 12, 1905, No. in. In the possession of the Berlin dealer G. von Mallmann. 143. PORTRAIT OF A SCHOLAR (or a Sculptor ?). In a brownish-yellow coat. Near him is a figure of Minerva. A very attrac- tive picture. Panel, 6 inches by 5| inches. In the Ariana Museum, Geneva, 1903 catalogue, No. 54 ; catalogued as a Mieris. 144- PORTRAIT OF A DUTCH BURGOMASTER. Full length, standing. He has a slight moustache and long* hair. He looks
