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164 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. her lap. To the left of her is a spinning-wheel. She wears a yellow velvet jacket, cut low on the neck and trimmed with ermine, and a white satin skirt. On her fair hair is a small and light cap. Dark background. Signed in full, and dated 1665 ; panel, 8| inches by 6| inches, rounded at the top. Sales. Blondel de Gagny, Paris, December 10, 1776, No. 163 (1500 francs). Blondel d'Azincourt, Paris, February 10, 1783 (2100 francs) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 70. Prince Galitzin, Paris, 1825 (3310 francs). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., London, 1833 (Sin.) ; bought with the collection in 1871 for the National Gallery. In the National Gallery, London, 1911 catalogue, No. 845. 48. THE LACE MAKER. Sm. 21. Full length. A young girl, simply dressed, sits in profile to the right. She is working with both hands at a bobbin-lace cushion held on her lap. She wears a green skirt, a bright red bodice with the white under-garment showing at the neck and the elbows, and a light cap embroidered in black. Behind her on the floor in the left foreground lie her shoes j beyond them, in the corner, stands a broom. At the back is a sunlit wall, on which to the right an unframed landscape print is loosely pinned with two nails. Signed "C. Netscher," on the margin of the print, and dated 166- [1662, according to the Pompe sale-catalogue] [but 1664, according to Sir Claude Phillips and Mr. D. S. MacColl Translator] ; panel [canvas, according to Mr. MacColl], 13 inches by io inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1818. Sales. J. Pompe van Meerdervoort, Soeterwoude, May 19, 1780, No. 5 (700 florins, Delfos). M. van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804 (7000 francs, Paillet) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 221. London, 1807 (199 : ios.). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford, London, 1833 (Sm.). In the Wallace Collection, London, 1910 catalogue, No. 237. 48*7. A Young Peasant Woman making Bobbin- Lace. In the collection of Jacob Vallensis, Delft ; mentioned in the inventory of his goods, 1725 noted by A. Bredius. 48^. A Woman sewing. With needle and thread. io inches by 8 inches. Sale. Coenrad Baron Droste, The Hague, July 21, 1734 (Hoet, i. 428), No. 89 (62 florins). 48^. A Woman seated, sewing. Panel, 12 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Benjamin da Costa, The Hague, August 13, 1764 (Hoet, ii. 469) No. 44 of the original catalogue (in florins, Sadok). 49. A Comely Lady with a Sewing-Cushion on her Lap. She wears a rich gown of pink and white silk, and sits at a table with a cover. She holds the cushion with one hand, and has a pair of scissors in the other.