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4 y GERARD TER BORCH SECT. (Gardner Boston). The only variation is that the master beats time with a fiddle-bow, and not with his hand. " An excellent production of art (Sm.). Canvas, 24* inches by 19* inches. A replica was in the collection of Max Kann, Paris ; it is reproduced in the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer's "Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 216. [Cf. also 143, 146.] Sales. Chevalier Verhulst, Brussels, June 10, 1779, No. 84 (945 francs). Prince Galitzin, Paris, 1825 (10,155 francs). John Fairlie, London, 1830 (136 : ios., Peacock). In the possession of the London dealer Peacock, 1833 (Sm.). Sale. Prince Demidoff, San Donate, near Florence. In the Chicago Art Institute, 1907 catalogue, No. 15 ; presented by C. T. Yerkes, 1891. 131. A LADY PLAYING THE LUTE. Sm. 54 and 73.- On the left a lady sits playing a lute at a table with a green velvet cover, on which lies an open music-book. She wears a pink satin gown and a blue fur jacket trimmed with white fur. Her hair is in ringlets. She is seen in full face, but turns her head slightly towards a cavalier seated to the right on the opposite side of the table. The cavalier wears a fashionable costume with puffed sleeves and a white cravat, and a tall hat. He looks at the lady. To the left is a high chimney-piece with pilasters. Signed on the chimney-piece to the left at top with the monogram ; panel, 14^ inches by 12 inches. Lithographed by Hanfstaengl. Copies were in the Sales. Marquis de Menars, Paris, end of February 1782, No. 108 on panel, 14 inches by 10 inches. C. Triepel, Munich, September 28, 1874, No. 23 on panel, i6i inches by 13^ inches. In the Dresden inventory, 1722, No. A. 319, as a Metsu. Catalogued accurately in the Dresden inventory of 1754, No. ii. 514, and since, as by Ter Borch. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1831 [valued in 1833 by Sm. at 1310. A Music-Party. Canvas, 22 inches by 15 inches. Exhibited at Lemberg, 1909, No. 84. In the collection of Dr. Wladimir Lukasiewicz, Lemberg. 132. THE " GUITAR-LESSON." Sm. 7. On the left a young lady, in a yellow velvet jacket trimmed with ermine and a white satin skirt, sits in profile to the right at a table, playing the lute. Her left foot rests on a low footstool. On the right, behind the table, sits her master, beating time with his right hand and singing from a music-book in his left, on which his eyes are fixed. He wears a dark costume with large white cuffs and a white bow at his throat ; he has long hair and wears a tall dark hat. Farther back, between him and the lady, stands a young gentleman, wrapped in a large cloak and wearing his hat, who looks at the