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xvni CASPAR NETSCHER 191 Canvas, 15 inches by ii inches. Sale. Munich, October 29, 1903, No. 49. 125/1. A Lady and Gentleman at Music. Copper, I2| inches by io inches. Sale. Munich, May i, 1905, No. 194. 125*. A Young Lady playing the Guitar. She is in white silk and sits in a window-recess. A man-servant brings her the music. Panel, 13 inches by 10 inches. Sale. H. C. Du Bois and others, Amsterdam, November 27, 1906, No. 297. 126. THE CARD PARTY. Sm. 10. In a handsome apartment two ladies and two gentlemen are at a table covered with a Persian carpet. The ladies are in front. One of them, in red, sits on the right and facing left, with cards in her hand. The other, in yellowish-brown, stands on the left in profile to the right, playing with a little dog which lies on a chair. Behind the seated lady stands a gentleman resting his left hand on his hip, and pointing with his right hand to the lady's cards. On the left the other gentleman sits at the table ; he plays a card and looks up at the standing lady. On the extreme left is a chair on which lie an open book and a musical instrument. Above it is a curtain, drawn back to the side. On the back wall is a map. On the table is a jug on a metal salver. "A highly accomplished and elegant production of art" (Sm.). Possibly 1270 was a replica. Canvas, 19 inches by 17 inches. Engraved by Lepicie as "Le Jeu de Piquet." Sales. J. van Schuylenburch, The Hague, September 20, 1735 (Hoet, i. 450), No. 56 (400 florins). Julienne, Paris, March 30, 1767 (3510 francs, Donjeu) see Ch. Blanc, i. 140. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 141 (2800 francs). Montribloud, Paris, February 9, 1784 (2407 francs, Paillet). In the collection of Colonel Hugh Baillie, 1833 (Sm.). Saks. Hugh Baillie, London, May 15, 1858. Nieuwenhuys, London, July 17, 1886 (27% : 55., Colnaghi). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," No. 97. In the collection of H. G. Marquand, who purchased it from Sedelmeyer and presented it to the Metropolitan Museum in 1888. In the Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1905 catalogue, No. 238. 127. Young Ladies and a Gentleman playing Cards. Sm. n. Panel, io inches by 8| inches. Sale. Adriaan Bout, The Hague, August n, 1733 (Hoet, i. 389), No. 61 (650 florins). 127*7. Two Ladies playing Cards. One allows herself to be helped in her play by a cavalier near her. On the table is a Persian carpet. Various accessories. A good composition, finely rendered. [Possibly a replica of 126.]