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200 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. expression in the children, the tasteful elegance of the drawing, and the exquisite delicacy of the handling, has never been surpassed by any painter" (Sm.). Signed in full, and dated 1670 ; panel, 12 inches by 9^ inches. A replica on canvas, 13^ inches by io inches was sold as a pendant to 73^ in the sale: J. Christiaanze, Amsterdam, November 17, 1779, No. 89 (22 florins, with pendant, Lammers). Engraved by Lingee in the Poullain Gallery. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, about the year 1834. Sales. Adriaan Bout, The Hague, August 1 1, 1733 (Hoet, i. 389), No. 60 (205 florins). Ferdinand Count of Plettenberg and Wittem, Amsterdam, April 2, 1738 (Hoet, i. 500), No. 63 (125 florins, W. Lormier). W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 326), No. 195 (340 florins) in his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 199. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 142 (i59$? francs). Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780 (2400 francs, Boilieu) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 1 1-12. Le Brun, Paris, 1791 (1600 francs, Constantin) see Ch. Blanc, ii. I34-I35- De Catelan, Paris, January 1 6, 1 816 (3810 francs, Robichon) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 303. In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, Paris ; exhibited in London for private sale, 1834 (priced at ^280 and bought by Sir Robert Peel). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., London ; bought as a whole in 1871 for the National Gallery. In the National Gallery, London, 1911 catalogue, No. 843. 150. A BOY AND A GIRL BLOWING BUBBLES. Sm. 15 and 17, and Suppl. 12. Two children on a terrace in a garden. Three-quarter length. In the centre the boy is blowing bubbles. To the right a little girl with fair curls, holding a black broad-brimmed hat with a white feather, watches the bubbles. To the left are a tulip in a pot and a relief with childish figures. Beyond is a green park with statues. A very good little picture. Panel, n inches by 8 inches. Engraved by Mouws. In the Da Costa collection, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 468). Sales. Benjamin da Costa, The Hague, August 13, 1764 (Terw. 377), No. 42 (400 florins, Kok). P. J. de Jariges, Amsterdam, October 14, 1772 (440 florins). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 143 (1600 francs). In the collection of Count Koucheleff Besborodko, St. Petersburg, 1886 catalogue, No. 53 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at 150^. Two Boys blowing Bubbles. Sales. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739 (Hoet, i. 580), No. 83 (38 florins). Amsterdam, October 10, 1742 (Hoet, ii. 68), No. 33 (37 florins). 150^. Children blowing Bubbles. Sale. Amsterdam, June 27, 1752, No. 21.