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 278 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. 418*7. Portrait of a Lady in Brown Silk. Very good; finely rendered. Sale. (Supplementary) Von Scheibler and others, Aachen, September 13, 1842, No. 1 6. 419. Portrait of a Lady of Rank in Widow's Weeds. Sm. Suppl. 2. She sits in a despondent attitude at a table on which are an hour-glass and a skull. Canvas, 29 inches by 23 inches. Described from the catalogue of the collection of the Duke of Brunswick, 1842 (Sm.) ; but no longer there. 420. Portrait of a Lady as Diana. Sm. Suppl. 22. She is fair with light curls, and wears a rich damask robe. She sits on some stone- work, leaning her arm on the edge of a fountain. In her left hand is a bow ; beside her lies a quiver. The fountain is adorned with a Cupid and a dolphin. The scene is laid in a grove. Canvas, ii inches by 18 inches. Imported into England by the dealer Chaplin, and sold to Norton. In the possession of the London dealer Norton, 1842 (Sm.). 421. Portrait of a Lady. Sm. Suppl. 23. About thirty-five years of age. She has auburn hair, and wears an orange silk robe and a blue scarf. She sits in an arm-chair, extending her hand to take a basket of fruit and flowers presented by a comely girl in white satin. Through an open window is seen a distant landscape. " Painted in a fine broad style " (Sm.). Canvas, 28 inches by 23^ inches. In the possession of P. Norton, London, before 1842 (Sm.). 422. Portrait of a Lady. Sm. Suppl. 13. She wears a white satin robe and a blue scarf, and stands beside a table on which she rests her left arm. She holds the scarf with her right hand. [Probably a pendant to 3*70 anel, 10 inches by 7 inches. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1842 (Sm.), but not now there. 422*. Portrait of a Comely Young Lady. Seated at a table. Canvas, 22 inches by 17^ inches. Sale. P. de Leeuw and P. Barbiers, Amsterdam, July n, 1843, No. 193. 422^. Portrait of a Lady of Rank. Canvas, 13 inches by io inches. Sale. (Supplementary) P. M. Kesler, C. Apostool, and others, Amsterdam, May 13, 1844, No. 224. 4-22C. Portrait of a Lady of Rank seated in a Garden. Canvas, 22 inches by i6| inches. Sale. (Supplementary) P. M. Kesler, C. Apostool, and others, Amsterdam, May 13, 1844, No. 225 (10 florins 25, Roos).