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 xvm CASPAR NETSCHER 259 quarter length. He wears a brown coat, and sits in an arm-chair, turned half-right, in front of a dark red curtain. In front of him stands a boy with some dead hens. The tones are delicately subdued. The catalogue gives Professor A. Hauser, senior, as its authority for the attribution. From the description the portrait seems to be a replica or copy of " Pieter Six" at Frankfort-on-Main (267). Signed, and dated 1675 ; canvas, 19 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. J. Durlacher, Frankfort-on-Main, December n, 1906, No. 112. 359#. Portrait of a Gentleman. In a yellow coat and a red cloak. i8| inches by 14^ inches. Sale. J. T. Frere and others, London, July 5, 1907, No. 132. 359^. Portrait of a Gentleman. In a richly embroidered blue coat with a lace cravat. [Pendant to 447-?.] 20 inches by 16 inches. Sale. H. Zoeppritzand others, London, May 15, 1908, No. 138 (73 : ios., with pendant, Willis). 360. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN OF RANK. Three-quarter length ; turned three-quarters left. He sits, leaning his right hand on the arm of his chair and resting his left hand with out- stretched forefinger on his knee. His long fair hair falls on his robe, which is of an old gold colour and lined with blue silk. He has a lace cravat and cuffs. In the background to the left a curtain is caught up ; to the right is a park with a marble figure of the Venus de' Medici. [Pendant to 448.] Canvas, 21 inches by 17^ inches. Sale. E. Moll, the elder, and others, Amsterdam, December 15, 1908, No. 97 (1275 florins, with pendant). 361. Portrait of a Gentleman of Rank. Three-quarter length ; almost in full face. He has a large fair wig. With his right hand he holds a red velvet cloak over his grey coat. [Pendant to 450^.] Oval canvas, 18^ inches by 15 inches. Sale. Paris, April 21, 1910, No. 48. 362. PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST. In black with a white cravat. He is near a stone recess. Below is a relief of childish Bacchanals. In front of the man is a palette. Behind him is an antique statue. Signed on the left, and dated 1669 ; panel, 1 6 inches by 13 inches. Sale. H. G. Smith and others, London, December 10, 1910, No. 50 (84, Buttery). 363. PORTRAIT OF A GENERAL. Three-quarter length ; turned to the right. He is clean shaven. He wears a white cravat and a full dark wig over steel-blue armour. His baton in his right hand is resting on his hip. His left hand is placed on a helmet with a red plume, which lies on a chair to the right. Near it is a column. At the back is a garden under a dark cloudy sky.