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260 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. Signed in full on the column to the right at top, and dated 16(72 ?) ; canvas, 19! inches by 16 inches. Acquired from a Berlin dealer, 1 890, by E. F. Weber. Sale. The late E. F. Weber of Hamburg, Berlin, February 20, 1912, No. 325 (2600 mark). 364. PORTRAIT OF A LADY. A richly dressed lady of middle age sits on a verandah beside a fountain adorned with a female figure. The lady wears a low dress with her arms bare. In her left hand, which lies on her lap, is a fruit. With her right hand she points to the figure on the fountain, from the mouth and breasts of which the water flows. At the back is a park under a cloudy sky. [Pendant to 314.] Signed in full on the balustrade of the verandah, and dated 1679 ; canvas, 21 inches by 17^ inches. In the Reichert collection ; bequeathed to the Berlin Museum, 1893. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1911 catalogue, No. 850^. 365. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN. She wears a white satin skirt and a bright red dress. She sits on a terrace with a view over a park. Signed in full, and dated 1678 ; canvas, 18^ inches by 15 inches. Exhibited at Berlin, 1900, No. 200 ; and 1909, No. 97. In the collection of W. von Dirksen, Berlin. 366. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADY. Three-quarter length ; seated in a dark purple arm-chair and turned three-quarters right. Her hands are folded on her lap ; in the left hand is a fan. She has a black dress with short sleeves, from under which come her full white under-sleeves. She has a broad and smoothly fitting collar, and a cap like a veil. On her right temple is a large round patch. In the back- ground to the right is a window with a view of a landscape, and to the left is a curtain. A weak picture. Signed in full, and dated 1670 ; canvas, 18 inches by 14^ inches. Mentioned in the chief Kassel inventory of 1 749, No. 6. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 293 (old No. 266). 367. PORTRAIT OF A LADY WITH FAIR CURLS, OF ABOUT THIRTY OR THIRTY-FIVE. Sm. Suppl. 30. Three- quarter length ; a fourth of life size. She sits, turning her eyes to the front, at the entrance to a little wood. She leans her right arm on a bank, and holds a green parrot on the ring-finger of her left hand. She wears a loose puffed chemise and a dark blue robe falling off her right shoulder. To the right is a view of a hilly landscape in evening light. For a time it was wrongly regarded as a portrait of Madame de Montespan. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1673 ; canvas, 18 inches by 14! inches. Mentioned in the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 7. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 294 (old No. 267).