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204 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. 1560. Two Children playing with a Sheep. 2i| inches by 18 inches. Sale. J. B. Krauth and others, The Hague, October 7, 1771, No. 50 (u florins 5, Vullinx). 157. The Bird's Nest. Sm. 36. Two young boys kneel at the side of a bank, playing with an unfledged bird. On the bank lies a velvet cap with a plume. In the background is a hilly landscape. Panel, 10 inches by "] inches. Engraved by Romanet in the Orleans Gallery. In the Orleans Gallery; imported with it into England in 1798 (when it was valued at .210). 158. A Little Girl with a Dog in her Lap, and another Child with a Parrot on its Finger. In a rotunda or courtyard. The girl, who is seated, wears a fine silk dress ; the other child, standing beside her, is almost naked. Pleasing in expression and treatment. [Pendant to 155.] Canvas, 27 inches by 2i| inches. Sale. C. Beudeker, Amsterdam, May 30, 1855, No. 71. 1580. Two Girls and a Boy playing with a Goat. Canvas, 47^ inches by 40 inches. Sale. L. Stokbroo van Hoogwoud en Aartswoud, Hoorn, September 3, 1867, No. 137. 158^. Children playing with a Goat. A family piece. 42^ inches by 34 inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, No. 145. Then in the collection of Lopes Suasso. 158^. Three Children with a Parrot and Flowers. On a balcony. Sale. Bell, London, 1881 (^178 : ios., Braithwaite) see Art Sales, i. 311. 159. A Girl with a Boy and a Dog. The girl sits on the right, wearing a loose dress of green silk and a brown cloak. Beside her is a little dog. Behind her is a boy with a flute. Canvas, io| inches by 8| inches. Sale. Henry Doetsch, London, June 22, 1895, No. 367. 1 60. Portrait of the Painter. Panel, n inches by 8 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Bafava, No. 5355, 7. Exhibited at The Hague, 1881. In the collection of the widow of J. A. H. Netscher, The Hague. 161. PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER. Seated to the left in a three-quarter view. The left hand rests on the hip, and the right hand on a block of stone adorned with a relief and half covered with a coloured carpet. The body is slightly bent over the stone. He wears a brown