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 xvin CASPAR NETSCHER Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, April 12, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 17), No. 8 1 (785 florins, Lormier). Bought for Kassel from W. Lormier, June 1 8, 1752 (for 1155 florins). In the principal Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 723. In the Palace, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 131. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 292 (old No. 265) ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). A Masquerade with Musicians. Torch and candlelight. Sale. Middelburg, August 8, 1777, No. 87. 130^. Two Ladies walking. 13 inches by 10 inches. Sales. London, December 6, 1902, No. 79. London, January 24, 1903, No. 37. 131. A YOUNG LADY WITH A LETTER AND A MEDALLION. Sm. Suppl. 31. A young lady, dressed in red and white silk, sits turned to the left at her toilet-table, which is covered with a Persian carpet. She holds in her left hand an open letter, and in her right a medallion portrait of a man. To the right, behind her chair, stands a man-servant. On the table is a mirror beside a metal box. To the left on the back wall hangs a flower-piece with a gilt frame in the baroque style. Signed in full, and dated 1667 ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the principal Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 10. In the Palace, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 90. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 291 (old No. 264) ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 132. INTERIOR WITH A GENTLEMAN READING AND A LADY WASHING HER HANDS. Sm. 51. In the left foreground the man sits in profile to the right, with his legs crossed j he is reading a letter held in his left hand. On the right the lady stands at a table covered with a Persian carpet ; she washes her hands in a silver basin held by a page standing before her to the right. In the centre background are a bed with curtains and a woman. In the right back- ground is a door. Panel, 1 8 inches by 16 inches. Engraved by R. Rhodes in the Stafford Gallery, No. 136. In the collection of the Marquess of Stafford. In the collection of Lord F. Leveson Gower, 1833 (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Francis Egerton. In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 233. 133. THE LETTER WITH THE BLACK SEAL. Sm. 40, and Suppl. 28. A lady, wearing a satin gown embroidered with gold and a red silk jacket trimmed with ermine, sits on the left beside a table, on which is a lighted candle. She is seen in full face, to the VOL. v