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i 9 4 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. knees. She looks round to the right and raises her hands as if in alarm. Behind the table stands a maid-servant who hands her a letter with a black seal. The maid wipes away a tear. Above, to the left, is a dark green curtain. On the table to the right is a finely wrought silver tray on which lies a red velvet ribbon. Signed in full, and dated 1665 ; panel, 12 inches by io| inches. Engraved by Dequevauviller in the Musee Fratifais. In the Schloss, Schwerin, 1792 catalogue, p. 18, No. E. I. 22. In the Louvre, Paris, 1807-1815. In the Schloss, Ludwigslust, 1821 catalogue, 145. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 732. 134. TWO LADIES AND A GENTLEMAN TALKING OVER A LETTER. Sm. Suppl. 27. Three-quarter length. On the left a lady in white satin sits in profile to the right, holding a letter in both hands. Opposite her sits another lady in yellowish-brown silk, holding an envelope in her left hand which rests on her lap. Between the ladies is a table covered with a Persian carpet. Behind it stands an elderly man who leans on his right elbow and bows to the ladies. On the table is a salver with a half-filled beer-glass on it. In the right back- ground is a chimney-piece with columns. To the left is a door, above which hangs a picture. Described as a copy in the 1882 catalogue. "An exquisitely finished work" (Sm.). Copper, io| inches by 8| inches. In the Schloss, Schwerin, 1792 catalogue, p. 79, No. 26. In the Schloss, Ludwigslust, 1821 catalogue, 105 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at ^210). In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 733. 135. A Lady receiving a Letter from a Maid-Servant Candlelight. 13 inches by n inches. Sale. Adriaan Bout, The Hague, August n, 1733 (Hoet, i. 389), No. 62 (205 florins). 136. Delivering the Letter. A lady seated at her toilet-table re- ceives a letter from a man-servant standing behind her. Much repainted, according to a MS. note by J. van der Marck. Panel, 17 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 6, 1768, No. 47 (61 florins, Toussaint). 136*. A Study with a Gentleman giving a Letter to a Youth. The gentleman sits in an arm-chair at a table on which are books and a globe. Masterly in treatment. Canvas, 20 J inches by i8| inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 13, 1797, No. 105. 136^. Interior with a Gentleman receiving a Letter from a Youth. The gentleman, in brown, is at a table. A dog barks at a gentle- man who enters at the door.