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xvm CASPAR NETSCHER 183 In the Louvre, Paris, 1805-1815. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 290 (old No. 263) ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). lOOa. The Guard-Room. A richly dressed officer with a red sash round his waist sits at a table, holding a glass of beer. Beside him at the table is a man lighting his pipe at a charcoal pan. In front of the table stands a trumpeter blowing his trumpet. Near him a woman looks at the officer with a friendly air. All kinds of accessories. Very fine ; like a work by G. ter Borch. Canvas, 39 inches by 29^ inches. Sales. J. L. Strantwijk, Amsterdam, May 10, 1780, No. 182 (n florins, Wubbels). Amsterdam, August 10, 1785, No. 236 (15 florins, Wubbels). An Officer in a Cuirass, holding a Pipe. He sits at a table and turns towards a soldier, hat in hand, who awaits his orders. On the ground in front are a large drum and weapons. Very finely painted. Panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Clicquet-Andrioli, Amsterdam, July 18, 1803, No. 36 (54 florins). 101. THE MEDALLION. A lady with a white skirt and a yellow bodice sits turned to the right in a three-quarter view. In front of her an elegant officer in a grey costume slashed with white is on his knees, carrying his plumed hat in his left hand, and holding up a miniature portrait in his right hand. Behind the lady to the right a page pours out wine. To the left, behind the table on which the lady leans, a woman brings a jug on a silver salver. Cool in colour. Signed on the right, and dated 16 ; canvas, 24^ inches by 27 inches. Described by Sm. as a "capital work " by Ter Borch (70). Engraved by C. Rauscher as a G. Metsu. In the collection of Prince Esterhazy, Vienna, 1833 (Sm.), as a G. Metsu ; see Metsu, i88r. In the Budapest Museum, 1910 catalogue, No. 477. 102. INTERIOR WITH TWO LADIES AND AN OFFICER. A copy of the so-called "Paternal Advice" by Ter Borch at Amsterdam and Berlin (Ter Borch, 186 and 187). Signed in full, and dated 1655 ; panel, 31^ inches by 26 inches. In the Gotha Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 298. 103. The Ill-matched Couple. An old man on the left embraces a lightly clad young woman seated beside him to the right. Behind, to the left, a child is carefully picking the man's pocket. In the background is a park landscape with a seated stone figure and a column. To the right is a large pedestal with a volute. Canvas, 2o| inches by 17 inches. Exhibited at Lemberg, 1909, No. 28. In the collection of Count Leon Pininski, Lemberg.