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 xviii CASPAR NETSCHER 199 145^. Figures on a Terrace. I2| inches by n inches. Sale. Wilson and others, London, May 24, 1901, No. 93. 145*. Figures on a Terrace. ii inches by 13 inches. Sale. Wilson and others, London, May 24, 1901, No. 175. 146. The Young Artists. Sm. 20. A group of children amusing themselves by lamplight. One draws from a plaster cast. Another leans over a table with a folio in his hand. A third appears to be speaking to them. Panel, 7 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Prince de Conti, Paris, March 15, 1779, No. 20 (900 francs). 147. THE YOUNG ARTISTS. Two boys sit at a table, on which are a lighted oil-lamp and several casts. The elder boy is on the left facing right. He turns his head with a smile towards the spectator, and points with his right hand to a statuette in his left hand. On the right and farther away the other boy holds up a drawing in his left hand. A bird-cage hangs from the ceiling. Signed in full, and dated 1666 ; panel, 8| inches by 6| inches. Possibly identical with a picture described as the work of G. Schalcken (279). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1902, No. 28. 148. A BOY AND GIRL BLOWING BUBBLES AT A WINDOW. The boy sits to the right on the window-sill, leaning on his left hand. He holds a pipe in his right hand and watches a soap- bubble. Behind him to the left stands a girl holding out the soap in a mussel-shell. High above the children hangs a curtain. At the back is a furnished room. On either side of the richly decorated window is an allegorical childish figure, typifying Liberty and Servitude respectively. Below the window-sill is Duquesnoy's well-known relief with figures of children. Canvas, 19 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Prince Demidoff, San Donate, near Florence, March 15, 1880, No. 1048. In the Boston Museum. 149. BLOWING BUBBLES. Sm. 14, and Suppl. n. Two boys are at an arched window-opening. In the centre is the elder boy, in a grey dress with yellow ribbons, turned three-quarters left. He holds in his right hand a red velvet cap with a plume, with which he tries to catch a soap-bubble floating above to the left. Behind him to the right a younger boy, seen almost in full face, is blowing bubbles. Above to the right a green curtain is looped up on the outside of the window. On the window-sill to the right are a silver dish and some mussel-shells. On the stone-work below the sill is a garland sculptured in relief. "This little gem merits the warmest commendation. The truth and naivete of