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5 4 GERARD TER BORCH SECT. i42/>. A Music-Party. A masterpiece. 27 inches by 23 inches. Sale.G. Hoet, The Hague, August 25, 1760, No. 64 (195 florins, Yver). 142^. A Lady at Music and an Officer. A lady in white satin holds a music-book. An officer gives her hints. A very good picture. Sale. J. A. Sichterraan, Groningen, August 20, 1764, No. 151. I42</. A Music-Party. Three persons at music. Among them is a lady in satin. 24 inches by 19^ inches. Sales. Pieter Testas, Amsterdam, March 29, 1757, No. 1 1 (60 florins, Leers). Arnoud Leers, Amsterdam, May 19, 1767, No. 49 (35 florins). 142*. A Gentleman at Music and a Lady in a Room. Canvas, 28 inches by 22 inches. Sale. J. A. van Kinschot, Delft, July 21, 1767 (Terw. 605), No. 2 (no florins, Van Breemen). 143. The Music- Lesson. A lady in a brown velvet jacket and a white satin skirt sits in profile to the left at a table, playing the lute. A gentleman behind her beats time with a violin-bow. A dog lies asleep on a chair. Very carefully painted. [Possibly identical with 130 (Chicago) and 146.] Canvas, 25 inches by 20 inches. Sale. (Supplementary) B. Cronenburgh and others, Amsterdam, March 22, 1762, No. n (40 florins, Godon). In the collection of G. Winkler, Leipzig, 1768 catalogue, No. 554. 143*7. The Trumpeter. A good picture, with a trumpeter playing before his colonel. Many accessories. Sale. Middelburg, August 8, 1777, No. 121. 143^. A Music-Party. Panel, 22^ inches by 30 inches. Sale. C. van Heemskerk, The Hague, November 18, 1783, No. 15 (23 florins). 143^. Two Persons at Music. In the collection of Daniel Krig, Berlin, 1786 (Nicolai, ii. 840). 144. A Merry Couple. A man playing music and a woman in a pleasant humour. Masterly and vigorous in style. [Pendant to 145.] Canvas, 42^ inches by 33^ inches. Salt. Caspar van Citters, Rotterdam, July i, 1811, No. 99. 145. A Merry Couple. [Pendant to 144.] Canvas, 42^ inches by 33^ inches. Sale. Caspar van Citters, Rotterdam, July i, 1811, No. 100.