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, 2 GERARD TER BORCH SECT. yellow silk drapery. It accords well with the other youthful works of Ter Borch and is very interesting in subject. In the collection of Augustus the Strong, King of Poland ; inventory, No. 1096. In the possession of a London dealer, 1906. In the Posselt collection, Heidelberg ; bequeathed to the town. In the Heidelberg town collection. 15. A Picture - Gallery. A view of a picture-gallery, in which a lady and a gentleman sit at a table on which stand three pictures. An attendant holds a picture in his hand. Very well and carefully rendered. Canvas, 22 inches by 25^ inches. Sales. J. Viet, Amsterdam, October 12, 1774, No. 214 (loo florins, Geuns). The Hague, September 25, 1780, No. 43 (i 1 1 florins, Gaillard). 150. An Academy. Several persons drawing. 2oi inches by 26 inches. Self. Brussels, November 15, 1786, No. 51 (150 francs). 1 6. A Youth drawing. A youth is attentively drawing a plaster bust. Very finely painted. From the subject, this might be by M. Sweerts. Canvas, 17^ inches by 14^ inches. Sales. B. van Cleij, widow of G. Vlek, Amsterdam, April i, 1756, No. 21 (30 florins). J. Hulsvvit, Amsterdam, October 28, 1822, No. 118 (23 florins 50, Smart). 17. A Lady drawing. A young Dutch girl in a red velvet bodice draws a Cupid. Canvas, 12 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. P. J. de Marneffe, Brussels, May 24, 1830, No. 305 (30 florins, Thijs). 170. The Copyist. Panel. Sale. Van Barneveld, Van den Haute, and others, Antwerp, February 26, 1 844, No. 67. 18. A Painter and other Persons in a Studio. 32 inches by 24 inches. Possibly identical with a "Company of Artists" in the sale : R. J. Tones, London, 1791 (33 : 125., Doomer) see Art Sales, ii. 333. Sale. Lady Wetherall and others, London, April 18, 1903, No. 119. 19. THE GRINDER AND HIS FAMILY. Sm. 18, and jppl. 18 ; see also Sm. Metsu 56 and 76. In the courtyard of a cottage i woman m greyish blue sits in the right foreground, near the house-door, camming the hair of her little daughter, who has a red frock. On a e near them is a cat. In an outbuilding to the left the grinder leans a grindstone, sharpening a scythe. The stone is drivln by a mule