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 xvin CASPAR NETSCHER 181 In the collection of A. L. van Heteren, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 457) ; bought as a whole for the Rijksmuseum in 1809. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1911 catalogue, No. 1754; it .was there in 1833 (Sm., who valued it at ^420). 95. THE MOTHER WITH HER SON. A lady in red and white silk is hearing a lesson from a boy standing to the right. The boy holds a bird. A very early work. In the collection of Prince Lubomirski, Schloss Przevorsk, near Lemberg noted by A. Bredius. 96. MATERNAL INSTRUCTION. Sm. 35. At a table by a window to the left of a room a mother sits teaching her little daughter to read ; the child stands at her lap. To the right another little girl in a silk frock kneels on the floor playing with a little dog which lies on a chair to the right of her. The mother, who wears a jacket trimmed with white fur, has her left hand on her knee, and leans on her right arm upon the table, which is covered with a Persian carpet. The child standing in front of her, seen in profile to the left, lays both hands on a sheet of paper, at which she looks intently. The little girl beside the chair holds the dog's paw in her right hand, and looks round at the spectator. Behind the mother is a low cupboard, above which hangs, on the back wall, a black-framed copy of Rubens's " Brazen Serpent " (in the National Gallery, London, No. 59). Farther to the right on the same wall hangs a plumed cap below a map. On the floor in the right foreground lie a sheet of small prints and a top. " It would be difficult to adduce a more beautiful example of exquisite painting, delightful expression, and agreeable effect, than is exhibited in this picture " (Sm.). Panel, 17^ inches by 14^ inches. Engraved by Delaunay in the Orleans Gallery. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826. Sale. Adriaan Bout, The Hague, August 11, 1733 (Hoet, i. 389), No. 59 (500 florins). In the collection of the Due d'Orleans ; imported into England, 1798 (when it was valued at ^210, according to Sm.). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., 1833 (Sm.) ; bought with the collection for the National Gallery, 1871. In the National Gallery, London, 1911 catalogue, No. 844. 97. A YOUNG WOMAN WITH A CHILD AT HER BREAST AND THREE LITTLE GIRLS. Sm. 9. A woman in a simple gown sits beside a cradle with a fur cover and nurses a child. Behind her is a spinning-wheel. To the right is a group of three girls. One is busy making lace on a pillow. Another stands, holding a cat. The third sits asleep at a table. To the left is an open window. At the back is a cupboard. The picture, which was for a long time ascribed to N. Maes, is unusually rich in colour. There are traces of a signature on the bottom of the lace-pillow ; panel, 2i| inches by 19 inches. Sale. Julienne, Paris, March 30, 1767 (3510 francs, Prince Galitzin for the Empress Catherine II.) see Ch. Blanc, i. 140.