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xvin CASPAR NETSCHER 173 68. A Little Fair-Haired Boy with a Dog and a Parrot. The boy sits on the balustrade of a recess, adorned with a relief. He wears a yellow and red jacket, embroidered with gold and slashed on the sleeves, and partly covered with a blue silk drapery. He holds a little dog with one hand, and lets a parrot swing on the other hand. Very delicately rendered. Canvas, 18 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Heris, Brussels, June 19, 1846, No. 43. 69. An Elegantly Dressed Boy stroking a Dog. Sm. Suppl. 4. He stands beside an antique pedestal, adorned with a sculptured relief. Architectural fragments similarly decorated and some trees are in the back- ground. " Very delicately and animatedly conceived, of his best period, and finished with uncommon elegance in a warm tone " (Waagen). [Pendant to 64.] Panel but canvas, according to Sm. 10^ inches by 8J inches. Sale. Kleinenbergh, Leyden, June 19, 1841, No. 177 (1600 florins, Sm.). In the collection of Henry Labouchere, Stoke, near Windsor, 1842 (Sm.) and 1854 (Waagen, ii. 421). 6ga. A Little Girl with a Dog. Natural, light, and delicate ; of the middle period. In the collection of John Neeld, Grittleton House, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 247) ; but the author does not remember to have seen it there. 6gb. A Child with a Dog. Panel, 14 inches by n inches. Sale. Berger and others, London, March 1900, No. 34. 6()c. A Girl with a Dog. [Pendant to 447^.] Copper, 6 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Lord Young and others, London, February 29, 1908, No. 116 (.28 : 75., with pendant, Corns). 70. A YOUTH IN POLISH DRESS DRAWING HIS SWORD. Sm. 27. Full length, standing ; he is turned a little to the right, with his face towards the spectator. He wears a yellow coat, a blue cloak hanging over his right shoulder, and a hat with a large plume. He draws his sword on a frog in front of him to the right. In the background is the lower part of a column on a high pedestal. Panel, 10 inches by 7 inches. Engraved by A. F. Hemery in the Le Brun Gallery, 1778. Sales. Amsterdam, April n, 1727 (Hoet, i. 315), No. 14 (42 florins). The Elector of Cologne, Paris, 1764 (321 francs) see Ch. Blanc, i. 120. Blondel de Gagny, Paris, December 10, 1776, No. 164(602 francs). In the collection of J. B. P. Le Brun, 1778 (according to the print). Sale. Lambert et Du Porail, Paris, March 27, 1787, No. 27 (700 francs). In the Czartoryski collection, Cracow. 71. A BOY PLAYING THE PIPE. Sm. 6 1 .Three-quarter length. He sits at a table, near a lighted lamp.