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 ii GABRIEL METSU 297 151. THE CONCERT (or, The Duet). Sm. 119 and Suppl. 33. A young woman, seated and almost facing the spectator, sings from a music-book lying open on her lap. She wears a red dress and a green velvet jacket trimmed with ermine. A young man in an olive -green costume faced with red ribbons stands at her side, accompanying her on the violin. The figures are seen to the knees. Farther back is an open harpsichord inscribed, " In te d[omine, confido] non c[onfundar in aeternum] " ; the instrument is partly hidden by a greenish curtain. The general effect is delicate, but the picture is dirty and covered with a yellow varnish ; it appears also to have been repainted in part. Panel, ii inches by inches. Sale. (Probably) Izaak Hoogenbergh, Amsterdam, April 10, 1743, No. 19 (10 florins). In the Crozat collection. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 879 ; where it was in 184.2 (Sm.). 152. A Young Man playing the Guitar. Sm. 120. He wears a slouch hat and a cloak. Described from an engraving by Weeckerdeck. 152*. A Man playing the Lute. Sale. Paris, June 19, 1764, No. 85. 152^. A Woman playing the Guitar. A lady sits playing the guitar at a table, covered with a cloth, upon which is an open music-book. Behind her stands a cavalier listening. Canvas, 14 inches by 12 inches. This picture corresponds in subject and size to the Kassel picture (146). Sale. Luchtmans, Rotterdam, April 20, 1816, No. 94 (90 florins, Van den Bergh). 152*:. A Woman playing the Lute. At a table with a coloured cloth, on which is an open music-book, sits a young lady playing the lute. A man standing behind her listens attentively. Panel, 8 inches by 6| inches. Sale. Forst and others, Cologne, December 13, 1899, No. 76. 152^. A Lady and Gentleman at Music. Sale. Brussels, August I, 1842, No. 57. 153. The Man playing the Guitar. Sm. 54. A young lady, in a red velvet jacket trimmed with ermine and a yellow silk skirt, sits at a table covered with a Turkey carpet, listening to a man who sits on the table playing the guitar. A page brings in refreshments. A spaniel leaps up at the lady. Panel, 24 inches by 17 inches. Sales. Tronchin of Geneva, Paris, 1801 (3920 francs). Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 59 (59,000 francs). 154. THE DUET. Sm. 31. In an interior a young lady in a red jacket sits in profile to the left at a table covered with a Turkey carpet.