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 xvm CASPAR NETSCHER 161 Sales. Hendrik Six, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, No. 35. Amsterdam, April 4, 1854, No. 36 (86 florins, Thyssen). Thyssen, Paris, December 20, 1856, No. 30 (436 francs). 6. In the Lohde collection, Berlin, 1864 (Parthey, ii. 188). 7. Signed in full on the edge of the table ; panel, 21^ inches by 17 inches. Sales. H. D. Roussel, Brussels, May 23, 1893, No. 56 wrongly identified in the catalogue with the Comte de Vence example. Hauptmann, Paris, March 22, 1897, No. 39. 8. Canvas, 20 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Brussels, April 15, 1908, No. 237. Engraved by J. G. Wille. Sale. Comte de Vence, Paris, February n, 1761 (1800 francs) see Ch. Blanc, i. 101. In the Karlsruhe Gallery, 1894 catalogue, No. 264. 38*. Lucretia holding 1 the Dagger. loj inches by 9 inches. Sale. Fraula, Brussels, July 21, 1738 (Hoet, i. 524), No. 71 (105 florins). 39. An Allegorical Representation of the Proposals for Peace, made by Holland in 1672 to Louis XIV. and the Bishop of Miinster, after the Successful French Campaign. Defeated Holland is personified by the Grand Pensionary Jan de Witt, at whose side sits the famous Grotius, the bearer of the peace proposals. In front of the Grand Pensionary, the Duke of Luxemburg is speaking, with uplifted hand. Behind him stands the Prince of Orange, pointing to a purse which the Grand Pensionary does not look at. Beside the Prince, the Catholic religion is personified by a young girl holding a Cross with which she seeks to touch Jan de Witt an allusion to the restoration of Catholic worship at Utrecht. There are also a page, a woman, and soldiers. [Compare 307.] Sale. Poullain, Paris, 1780 see Ch. Blanc, ii. n. 39<z. A Picture. Probably an allegory. Sale. Tomas Argus, Haarlem, February 19, 1704, No. I. 40. A MAN WRITING A LETTER. Sm. 68. Three- quarter length. At a table with a coloured cover a young gentleman in black sits, turned to the left. He leans his head on his left hand ; his right hand, which holds a pen, rests on the paper. At the back is a light wall, on which hangs a map of Prussia and Pomerania. On the table are various writing utensils. " An elaborately finished picture " (Sm.). Signed in full on the map, and dated 1665 ; panel, io inches by 7 inches. A study for the picture is in the British Museum Print-room. In the Dresden inventory of 1772, No. A. 508. In the Dresden Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 1346 ; it was there in 1833 (Sm., who valued it at .126). VOL. v M