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i 5 4 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. Signed "C. Nescher" (sic). The signature, although unusual, is so neatly inscribed that the author regards it as genuine ; each letter is delicately shaded. Canvas, about 25^ inches by 32 inches. In the Moltke collection, Copenhagen, 1885 catalogue, No. 135. 1 80. Jupiter and Callisto. Given by the painter to his son Theodor while on a journey. Sold by Theodor Netscher to a Scotsman named Gastar (r), in Paris (for about 200 pistoles) see Weyerman, iv. p. 142. 1 %b. Diana and Callisto. Exhibited in Rome and much admired in Matheus Terwesten's day ; see Weyerman, iv. p. 139. 19. Jupiter, in the Form of Diana, embracing Callisto. The nymph reclines on a red drapery ; beside her is a quiver. At the back Cupid holding a mask stands beside the eagle. On the other side is a hound in a wooded landscape. In the distance are lofty hills. Very finely painted. Canvas, about 20 inches by 17 inches. A replica was in the following Sales. H. Aarentz, Amsterdam, April II, 1770, No. 24 (26 florins, Yver) a copy, according to a MS. note by J. van der Marck. F. I. Dufresne, Amsterdam, August 22, 1770, No. 243. (Fiseau ?) Amsterdam, August 30, 1797, No. 157 (30 florins). Engraved in mezzotint by J. Verkolje. Sales. J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 232 (200 florins, Fouquet). G. F. J. de Verhulst, Brussels, August 16, 1779, No. 166 (80 francs). Stolen with five other pictures at The Hague, 1784; see Meusel, Mis- cellanea, 1785, vol. xxii. p. 252^ and Obreen's AreKef, iv. p. 265. iga. The Disgrace of Callisto. Of the painter's late period, when his colouring was somewhat pale and unpleasant. 2o| inches by 17^ inches. In the collection of James Tulloch, London, 1854 (Waagen, Suppl. 202). igb. Jupiter and Callisto. Sale. Burat, Paris, April 28, 1885 see Paul Eude,L'Hote/ Drouot en 1884- 1885, p. 356. 20. A Nude Nymph surprised while asleep by a Satyr. Sm. 66. Probably Jupiter and Antiope. Copper, 8| inches by i inches. In the collection of Coenraad Roepel, who sold it to W. Lormier (for 200 florins). In the possession of Willem Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 433) ; in his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 198 ; sold to G. Hoet, April 2 3 '755 (for 399 florins).