Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 5, 1913.djvu/496

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480 EGLON HENDRIK VAN DER NEER SECT, the right foreground is a herdsman with cattle. To the left, Tobias, in company with the angel, draws the fish from the water. Panel, 14 inches by 19 inches. Sales. A. Baehner, Cologne, September 30, 1889, No. 89. Frantzen and others, Cologne, December 20, 1900, No. 224. 12. Judith. Sm. 15. A beautiful woman in the character of Judith. She is richly dressed in white satin with embroidery and gold lace. A table with a helmet on it stands on the left. Panel, n inches by 9^ inches. Sales. Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794 (501 francs). The collection of a lady, London, 1838 (^44, Dr. Franck). [Probably identical with the picture on panel, 12^ inches by 9^ inches in the collection of George Salting, London, bequeathed to the nation, and now in the National Gallery, London, 1911 catalogue, No. 2535. Translator.] 13. The Visitation. Attractively composed and of finished beauty. Canvas, 22| inches by 17 inches. Sale. Due de Tallard, Paris, March 22, 1756, No. 159. 14. LANDSCAPE WITH THE TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. The Saviour sits on the left in front of a clump of dark trees, Satan offers him a stone. To the right is a wooded hill with a cliff. [Pendant to 9.] Copper, inches by 5^ inches. Probably in the collection of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (who died in 1716), Dusseldorf (Van Gool, ii. 559). In the Mannheim Gallery. In the Schleissheim Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 849. 15. Mary Magdalen. In a hilly landscape. She holds a crucifix in her left hand and lays her right hand on her bosom. Very delicate and finished. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. P. J. de Jariges, Amsterdam, October 14, 1772, No. 74 (42 florins, A. van den Bogaard). 15*7. Mary Magdalen. In a grotto. She kneels weeping before a crucifix. Canvas, 17 J inches by 14 inches. Sale. G. F. J. de Verhulst, Brussels, August 16, 1779, No. 170. 1 6. Mary Magdalen. In a landscape, with many accessories. Painted with the greatest delicacy and the most admirable finish. Panel, 17^ inches by 13 inches. Sale. M. de Brouwer the younger, Brussels, July 31, 1788, No. 4 (82 francs). 17. Mary Magdalen. The penitent Magdalen in a grotto beside a withered tree. She holds a crucifix. Beside her are a skull, an open