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 i8o CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Sale. Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, April 12, 1741, No. 86 of the original catalogue not sold. In the collection of H. Verschuuring, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 480). Sale. Amsterdam, April 17, 1783, No. 173 (16 florins, Strubing). 92. The Toilet. Sm. 5. A lady, dressed in a bodice with yellow satin sleeves and a white satin skirt embroidered with gold, sits at a toilet- table covered with a Turkey carpet. Her maid is dressing her hair. A man-servant waits with a silver ewer and salver. A dog playfully bounds towards the lady. A very fine picture. Canvas, 29 inches by 23 inches. The same subject was engraved by J. Watson (Sm.). Sales. D'Aved, Paris, November 24, 1766 (1900 francs). Countess of Holderness, London, March 6, 1802, No. 41 (64 : is., Edward Coxe) see Buchanan, i. 312. Edward Coxe, London, April 23, 1807 (57 : 155.). Philip Hill, London, July 3, 1811 (84). 93. A Lady at her Toilet. Sm. Suppl. 3. A comely lady with fair hair, wearing a white satin gown and a blue skirt, stands almost feeing the spectator. She is fastening a pearl bracelet on her wrist. She is attended by a negro page, bearing a dish of fruit. On a table covered with a Turkey carpet are a mirror and other articles of the toilet. At the back is a picture in a gold frame. " Exquisitely finished " (Sm.). Panel, i8 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Kleinenbergh, Leyden, July 19, 1841, No. 176 (6000 florins, L'Andry; bought by Nieuwenhuys, according to Sm.). In the collection of Baron de Rothschild, 1842 (Sm.). 93*7. A Lady at her Toilet. Panel, 17^ inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Krentzlin and others, Frankfort-on-Main, May 13, 1897, No. 113. 93^. A Lady at her Toilet. Near her is a beggar-woman with a child. 30 inches by 25 inches. Sale. Bunbury and others, London, June 15, 1901, No. 72. 94. MOTHER'S PRIDE. Sm. 79. A woman, in a yellow satin gown and a blue satin jacket bordered with ermine, sits in a room combing the hair of a little boy who is on his knees, leaning against her. Behind to the right, near a table covered with a Turkey carpet, another child stands making faces before a mirror. On the table are a silver box, a cup, and a plate. In the left background a maid-servant enters at the door, carrying a silver ewer and salver. On a red velvet chair in front lies a plumed cap. Behind the lady's chair is a cat. " An exquisitely painted picture " (Sm.). Signed in full on the right at foot ; panel, 17^ inches by 15 inches. Engraved by D. J. Sluyter.