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1 84 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. 104. The Seduction. Sm. 65. A gentleman shows a gold coin to a seated girl in a white silk gown and a girl in a red velvet jacket trimmed with fur, who is standing. Panel, 15 inches by 13^ inches. In the possession of the dealer Jaques de Roore, The Hague. In the possession of Willem Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 433) ; bought from J. de Roore (for 308 florins), according to Lormier's store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 197. Sale. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 326), No. 194 (1600 florins). 104*. A Young Lady being courted by a Gentleman. In the collection of G. Heinrich van Treuer, who died December 3, 1780, according to the inventory of his goods noted by A. Bredius. 104^. Interior with a Sleeping Soldier. The man is in armour. A woman tickles him under the nose. She wears a fur-trimmed jacket, and holds a letter in her left hand. Behind her stands a trumpeter with an anxious air. On the table are a candlestick, a bottle, and other things. Well painted. Sale. W. Reyers, Amsterdam, September 21, 1814, No. 117 (81 florins, Pakker). 105. Courtship. Sm. 38. Interior, with a lady, a cavalier, and a boy. The lady expresses her sentiments towards her lover by means of a nosegay. A boy blows bubbles. In front is a spaniel. Canvas, about 18 inches by 16 inches. Sales. Le Brun, Paris, December 20, 1773 (2100 francs). R. Bernal, London, 1824 (141 : 155.). 105*7. Interior with Lovers in Elegant Costume. They sit in a gallant and loving attitude. Vigorously painted. Panel. Sale. Amsterdam, September u, 1839, No. 83 (29 florins). 105^. An Officer with a Young Lady on whom her Hus- band is spying. Seated at a table. Sale. Antwerp, January 23, 1 87 1, No. 6l. 1 06. Interior with Lovers. At the back a page enters at a door, bearing a dish of oranges. Signed; 21 inches by i6 inches. Sales. Philips-Neven, Maastricht, March 24, 1892, No. 90 (200 mark). Dittmar van de Vliet and others, Berlin, May 4, 1897, No. 97. io6a. A Young Lady with a Little Dog and a Cavalier. The lady sits to the right in a three-quarter view, holding the dog in her right arm and warding off with her left hand the cavalier who stands behind her, trying to tease the dog. On a chair in the right foreground lies a violin. Behind it is the chimney-piece. On the floor in the left foreground lie some loose sheets. Described from a photograph ; the whereabouts of the picture are unknown.