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xvii GERARD TER BORCH 47 in her hair. On the table is a Turkey carpet, on which lie sheets of music and a small book. To the left, behind the table, stands another young lady, dressed in black, who accompanies the singer on a lute. In the right foreground a page, with his hat under his arm, steps forward, bearing a glass on a silver salver. To the left is a tall chimney-piece. In the back wall to the right is a half-opened door. Signed on the chair with the monogram j canvas, 21 inches by 17 inches. A replica is in the Louvre (137); another replica or copy, attributed to Netscher, is in the collection of the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle. Probably Netscher 121 in the Peilhon sale, Paris, 1763 was a copy of this or of 137. In the Arenberg catalogue, 1829, No. 84. In the collection of the Due d'Arenberg, Brussels ; W. Biirger's 1859 catalogue, No. 60. 128. MUSIC AT HOME (or, Preparing for a Duet). Sm. Suppl. 13. In the left foreground of a room, with a landscape on the back wall, a young lady with fair curls stands in profile to the right. She wears a white satin gown trimmed with broad strips of gold brocade, and a brown jacket. She has a guitar in her right hand ; with her left she lays a music-book with a blue cover on the table, which has a dark grey cloth, upon which are a metal dish, a candlestick, and a piece of drapery. On the right, behind the table, sits a gentleman in black, singing from a music-book in his left hand and beating time with his right. Behind the lady is a chair. [Cf. 123.] Signed on a chair-leg ; canvas, 23 inches by 18 inches. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 3. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-15. In the Palace, Wilhelmshohe, Kassel, 1842 (Sm.). In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 261. 129. A LADY PLAYING THE LUTE. Sm. 52, and Suppl. 1 8. A young lady, in white satin with a yellow jacket trimmed with fur, sits in profile to the right at a table, playing the lute. Her fair hair is adorned with a bright red bow. On the table, which has a brownish-red cover, are books, a metal case, and an open music-book. Another book, from which she is singing, is on a little stand. On the grey wall at the back hangs a map. Well painted. Panel, 20 inches by 14^ inches. Engraved by Audouin in the Musee Fran$ais ; and by Heine in the Musee Napoleon. A copy on canvas, 18 inches by 14^ inches was in the sale: Paris, March 1 8, 1846, No. 47 ; and was in the possession of a Paris dealer in 191 i. In the principal Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 70. In the Kassel Academy, 1783 inventory, No. 102. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-15. In the Palace, Wilhelmshohe, 1842 (Sm.). In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 262. 130. THE MUSIC -LESSON. Sm. 20. A replica of 126