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 52 GERARD TER BORCH SECT. 140. THE DUET. Sm. 57. Full-length figures. On the right sits a lady wearing a yellow morning-wrapper bordered with ermine, and a rich white satin skirt embroidered with gold. She has a mandoline in her lap, and is turning the leaf of a music-book lying on the table before her. In front of the table sits a cavalier, who prepares to accompany the lady on the lute. Another cavalier, leaning with both arms on the back of a chair, stands on the farther side of the table, looking at the lute- player. On the table, besides the music, are a tablet and a wine-glass. To the left is the chimney-piece. On the back wall hang two pictures ; near them are a door and a chair. An " excellent and beautiful picture " (Sm.). Signed, and dated 1675 ; canvas, 31 inches by 26 inches. Engraved by D. J. Sluyter, J. W. Kaiser, and W. Steelink. What appears to be an old copy on canvas, 34 inches by 28 inches is in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 874 ; but it is very hard to pronounce definitely upon this picture, as it is glazed. It was in the Sales. Julienne, Paris, March 30, 1767. Choiseul, Paris, April 6, 1772. Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (4500 francs, Langlier for the Empress Catherine IJ.). Sales. N. C. Hasselaar, Amsterdam, April 26, 1742, No. II (670 florins, De Roore for Lormier). Willem Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (725 florins); Lormier, according to his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 297, had acquired it from Hasselaar (for 720 florins). J. M. >uinkhard, Amsterdam, March 15, 1773, No. 2 (650 florins, Pothoven). P. Locquet, Amsterdam, September 22, 1783, No. 64 (3850 florins, Van Dijk) ; Locquet had bought it (for 1500 florins). J. H. van Heemskerk, The Hague, March 29, 1790, No. 14 (410 florins, Fouquet). Claude Tolozan, Paris, February 23, 1801 (5100 francs). In the collection of Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, 1827 (Sm. valued it in 1833 at 550) ; sold in 1897 to Baron F. von Rothschild. In the collection of the late Baron Ferdinand von Rothschild, Waddesdon Manor. 140/7. A Harpsichord-Player. A small picture. Sale. Jan Agges, Amsterdam, August 16, 1702 (Hoet, i. 67), No. 58 (60 florins). A Room with a Music-Party. Sale. Amsterdam, May 18, 1706 (Hoet, i. 94), No. 3 (206 florins). HOC. A Trumpeter with an Officer. Sale. Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam, October 19, 1707 (Hoet, i. 106) No. 28 (92 florins). A Small Music-Party. A very good picture. Sale. The Hague, May 3, 1729 (Terw. 7), No. 74 (70 florins). 140*. A Man singing, with Children. A small picture. Artistic in treatment.