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SECT. 5 6 GERARD TER BORCH Panel, 13^ inches by i6 inches. Sale. C. E. E. Baron Collot d'Escury, Leeuwaarden, October 17, 1831, No. 4. 151*7. A Gentleman at Music and a Lady. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April I, 1833, No. 173 (46 florins, Chaplin). 152. A Gentleman with a Lady singing. Sm. 25. A young lady in a blue jacket bordered with ermine and a white satin skirt sits on the left, facing the spectator. She sings to the accompaniment of her lute. She looks at a cavalier who sits on a table, listening. On the table, which is covered with a Turkey carpet, are a music-book and a watch. Panel, about 16 inches by 14 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1832 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1876, No. 81. In the collection of L. Lormier, Rotterdam ; bought from her (for 160 florins) by her brother W. Lormier, who owned it in 1752 (Hoet, ii. 442) ; it was in his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 296. Sale. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (480 florins). In the D'Arveley collection see Buchanan, i. 244. Sales. C. A. de Calonne, Paris, April 21, 1788 (2001 francs, bought in). Calonne, London, March 23, 1795, No. 32 of the fourth day In the collection of William Wells, Redleaf, 1833 (Sm.). 153. The Music-Lesson. A lady, dressed in satin and fur, sits on the right at a table, playing the lute. On the table are a music-rest and a viola. Behind the lady stands the music-master, beating time. On the left a dog lies asleep on an easy-chair. In the background is an open door. Very delicate and careful execution. Signed close to the door with the monogram ; canvas, 9! inches by "] inches. Exhibited at Cologne, 1840, No. 153. &*. J- G. Riedinger, Cologne, July 19, 1841, No. 75. 154. The Music-Lesson. In a handsome room a young lady in a white satin dress trimmed with silver embroidery and a brown velvet jacket sits at a table, playing the mandoline. Beside her stands a gentle- man. In the left foreground a lap-dog lies on a chair. Accessories. Careful execution. Canvas, 22 inches by 20 inches. Sale.-]. A. Toe Laer, Amsterdam, July 28, 1841, No. 28 (600 florins, Croockewit). 155- A Music-Party on a Terrace. Sm. Suppl. 24. A company of ladies and gentlemen supposed to represent the English Royal family of the period are assembled round a table in the centre. A well-dressed lady sits playing a lute. Another kdy, seated on the opposite side with a sheet of music in front of her, is preparing to sing. Near her a gentle- man offers a glass of wine to a lady. In the immediate foreground a young