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xvn GERARD TER BORCH 35 Sales. (Possibly) Blondel d'Azincourt, Paris, 1783 (1099 francs) panel, 15 inches by 12 inches ; see Ch. Blanc, ii. 70, and Sm. 27. Comte Perregaux, Paris, December 8, 1841, No. 37 (8000 francs, Paillet) ; see Ch. Blanc, ii. 448. Delessert, Paris, March 15, 1869, No. 91 (45,000 francs). Prince Narischkine, Paris, April 5, 1883, No. 36 (51,050 francs, Gauchez). In the collection of the late Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris. 86. A WOMAN WITH A JUG AND A GLASS (or, The Proposal). Sm. Suppl. 9. A fair young woman, wearing a yellow dress and an olive-green jacket trimmed with fur, sits holding a glass in her left hand and a white earthenware jug in her right. She looks at the coin offered her by a soldier seated on the right. The man wears a red fur cap, a greyish-black costume, and a brownish-red cloak flung over his right shoulder. Dark background. Of the early period. Signed on the jug with the monogram; panel, 14! inches by n inches. Lithographed by Huot. In the Crozat collection. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 875 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at ^150). 87. THE GLASS OF LEMONADE. Sm. 8, and Suppl. 5.- On the left, in a room, sits a young lady holding a glass of lemonade in her right hand. She wears a white satin dress with a broad hem, a yellow satin jacket trimmed with fur, and a black cap. She looks at a young man seated opposite her, who touches her hand with his left hand, and with a knife in his right hand stirs her lemonade. The man has long hair and wears a broad felt hat, a dark jacket trimmed with ribbons over a white under-garment, breeches and shoes, with a sword at his side. He looks admiringly at the lady. Behind the two stands an old woman, wearing a brown jacket trimmed with fur and a white cap ; she rests her left hand on the shoulder of the lady whom she urges to drink. On the right is a small table with a marble top, on which are a bottle and a white plate. To the left is a half-opened door. In the right background is a bed with green curtains. A good picture, which was once larger, as is seen from the engraving in the Choiseul Gallery. In the original, on the left at foot, was a little spaniel on an easy-chair ; on the right at foot was a monkey chained to a metal ball, and holding an apple in its paw. At the top were a drapery in the form of a curtain, and a chandelier with six branches. In the right wall was an open window with a view of a landscape. The dog's paws and the metal ball on the floor are still visible. Canvas, 26| inches by 2i| inches. There are copies, all painted after the original had been cut down : i. Canvas, 26^ inches by 22 inches. In the collection of Max Kann, Paris. In the Brooks collection, Paris, 1877. In the Hulot collection, Paris, 1892. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 221.