containing the =Dutch Masters=. On these, for the most part, I shall have little to say. Their landscapes, flower-pieces, and portraits are admirable, indeed, but they are of the sort which explain themselves at sight, and need rather for their appreciation critical faculty than external knowledge. Begin on the L. =of the door=. 282. Nicolas Maes: Good portrait of a 17th century lady. 263. Leerman’s Crucifixion, finely executed. Near it, good landscape or flower-pieces, etc., by Cuyp, De Heem, and Isaac van Ostade. 448. St. Pierre at Louvain. 525. Good hunting scene by Wouwerman. 279. **Admirable figure of an old woman fallen asleep over her reading, by Nicolas Maes. Above it, 284. *Good portrait by Nicolas Maes. 278. *Fine portrait by Luttichuys. 304. Van Mieris: Susannah and the Elders. Frankly anachronistic. 233 is a fine *landscape with cattle, by Karel du Jardin. 147. Van Delen: Excellent architectural piece, with good *portraits in the foreground, painted in later by Emmanuel Biset. =End Wall.= 44. Admirable *portrait by Bol. 45. Bol: *Portrait of a lady, probably wife of the last. On either side 310, 311, characteristic tavern scenes by Molinaer. =Right Wall.= 398. One of Jacob Ruysdael’s finest landscapes, with ruined tower. 399. Excellent *sea piece by Jacob Ruysdael, representing the Lake of Haarlem in a storm. Good foam. I pass by, on the same wall, many meritorious Dutch works which cannot fail to strike the observer. 141. Albert Cuyp: *Cows. Excellent. 232. *Delicately luminous piece by Karel du Jardin, “L’Avant-garde du Convoi.” 153. Gerard Dou: **The artist drawing a Cupid by lamplight. One of his finest studies in light and shade. It should be looked at long and carefully. On either side of it, delicate small pieces by Steen, A. van Ostade and Dietrich. 47. *Good portrait by Bol. 281. *Portrait by Maes. Fine and audacious in colouring. Above it, 403, good Ruysdael. Do not imagine because I give little space to the pictures in this room that they are not therefore important. As works of art, many of them are of the first value; but they do not require that kind of explanation which it is the particular province of these Guides to afford. Now, pass through the small passage to ROOM VI. containing works also by the =Dutch masters=, the finest of which are here exhibited. =Left of the door.= 364. Van Ravestein, capital portrait. 280. Maes: **Old woman reading. 206. Fruit piece by De Heem. One of his finest. 490. Van der Velde, junior: Shipping on the Zuyder Zee. The Dutch interest in the sea begins to make itself felt. 345. Portraits by Palamedes, arranged as a musical party. 352 (old number, no new number given). Molyn the Elder: Town fête by night. Good effect of light. 333. Admirable *portrait by Nicolas Maes. 251 and 250. De Keyser: Two fine portraits of women. 46. Bol: **Excellent portrait of Saskia, wife of Rembrandt.