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1 88 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. the centre a lady in white satin sits in profile to the left at a table, and sings from a music-book in her left hand. On the left, close to the table, a young man, seen in full face, sits playing the lute. Behind the table is another man, who sings and beats time with his right hand. On the extreme right a lady with her lap-dog in her arms stands turned three- quarters left. On the back wall hangs a picture. In the left foreground is the lute-case. A "superlative example" (Sm.). Signed in full on the lute-case to the left at foot, and dated 1665 ; canvas, 20 inches by 18 inches. Replicas are or were in 1. The Karlsruhe Gallery, 1894 catalogue, No. 265. 2. The Rouen Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 455. 3. Sale. J. H. Beissel, Brussels, April 6, 1875, No. 97. Lithographed by L. Quaglio and by J. Wolffle. In the collection of the Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm (who died in 1716), Dtlsseldorf ; see Van Gool, ii. 562. In the Mannheim Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1911 catalogue, No. 1398; it was there in 1833 (Sm., who valued it at ^420). 117. A LADY PLAYING THE LUTE. She is seen in full face, and wears a white silk dress with a blue wrap. At a table to the right a gentleman with a long peruke seems to be conversing with the lady. Canvas, 14 inches by i inches. In the possession of the New York dealer L. R. Ehrich. 118. THE SINGING LESSON. Sm. 43. In the centre a lady in white satin sits in a three-quarter view to the right, holding a music- paper in both hands. Beside her to the right is a table. Behind this sits the singing master, turned a little to the left. He holds a lute in his left hand, and with a roll of paper in his right he beats time to his song. To the left, behind the seated lady, stands another lady, wearing a purple jacket trimmed with ermine ; she leans her left elbow on the back of the chair. In the left foreground are two earthenware jugs in a brass pail. On the table are peaches and a bunch of grapes on a plate. In the right back- ground is a house, with a group of Hercules and Antaeus in a niche. To the left is a landscape with trees. [Pendant to 119.] Signed in full on the lady's music-paper ; panel, rounded at top, 19 inches by 15 inches. Engraved by Bittheuser, Filhol, and Heine in the Musee Franfais. In the collection of Amadeus of Savoy. In the Louvre, Paris, belonging to the old collection, 1903 catalogue, No. 2486. 119. THE VIOLONCELLO LESSON. Sm. 42. A young lady, seen almost in full face, sits in the centre, playing a violoncello. She turns her head to the left to look at a music-paper held for her by a gentle- man standing behind to the left. Beside her on the right is a chair upholstered in red. Behind it is a long-haired boy, holding a violin in his right hand and his hat in his left. Beside the lady to the left is a table