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In Holland. 529 and gave himself up to painting biblical subjects, which he executed in a very realistic manner. Adriaen Brouwer (ab. 1605 — 1638), as an artist, was much admired by Rubens, who, it is said, rescued him from a prison, into which his own imprudence had caused him to be thrown. Of his works the most noteworthy are, Players disputing over their cards and a Surgeon removing a plaster, both in the Pinakothek, Munich. Brouwer' s works are rarely seen in England, and, in fact, they are scarce every- where, even in his own country. Gerard Terborch (1608 — 1681), the painter par excel- lence of white satin, learned the rudiments of his art from his father, an otherwise unknown painter. Some time after the completion of his studies, Terborch paid a visit to Italy, which had not, however, the slightest effect on his style. From Italy he went to France, and thence returned to Holland, where he became much honoured and patron- ized. In 1648, he went to Miinster, while the plenipo- tentiaries of Philip IV. of Spain and the delegates of the Dutch United Provinces were assembled in the Rathhaus for the purpose of ratifying the treaty between the two countries. He then painted his justly celebrated Peace of Miinster, now in the National Gallery, which contains portraits of the personages present at that occasion. The National Gallery also possesses one other work by this master, the Guitar Lesson. Terborch may be well studied and appreciated at the Louvre ; his Concert, his Music Lesson, and, especially, his Officier Galant, are very fine works, showing the ingenious arrangement, and soft, but firm touch, which distinguish him amongst the crowd of lesser Dutch painters. Other good works by him are The Letter of the Hermitage, S. Petersburg; the EHA M M