ii GABRIEL METSU 295 145^. Two Figures and Accessories. 13^ inches by n inches. Sale. Floris Drabbe, Leyden, April i, 1743, No. 13 (190 florins). 145^. Three Figures. Sale. The Hague, November 24, 1744, No. 12 (48 florins). 145/1 A Picture with two figures. Of the best period, warm and transparent. In the Oppenheim collection, London, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 329). 145^. An Interior with Figures. Panel, 14 inches by 19 inches. Sale. London, March 21, 1903, No. 87. 146. THE GIRL TUNING THE LUTE. Sm. 61, 83, and Suppl. 22. A young lady, wearing a reddish-brown silk dress and a blue satin jacket trimmed with white fur, sits in the foreground of a room, tuning a lute which lies on her lap. She turns her head slightly back to the left towards a man who stands behind her chair. He wears a brown costume with a black cloak over his right shoulder, and appears to be con- versing with the girl. In his left hand he has a half-filled wine-glass ; his right hand, grasping his plumed hat, is pressed to his side. To the right of the girl is a table covered with a Smyrna carpet, upon which are a violin and a drinking horn mounted in silver. Behind the table is the hearth. To the girl's left is a little brown and white spaniel. It is an excellent work. Oak panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. Described by Houbraken. Engraved by Ribault in the " Musee Fran9ais." The similar picture at Dresden described by Sm. (Sm. 114) is not by Metsu, but is a fully signed example of E. H. van der Neer (Dresden catalogue, No. 1671). Sale. Jer. Tonneman, The Hague, October 21, 1754, No. 14 (1405 florins). In the Kassel chief inventory of 1749, No. 854. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 catalogue, No. 54. At the Louvre, 1806-15, and then restored to Kassel. Now in the Picture Gallery, Kassel, 1903 catalogue, No. 301 (old No. 274). 147. A LADY TUNING A MANDOLINE. Sm. 105. A lady sits to the right at a table, tuning a mandoline. She wears a white cap, a green velvet jacket trimmed with fur, and a red silk skirt, and turns her head to the left. The table is covered with a red Turkish carpet ; on it is a little dog. A youth holds out some food to make the dog raise its paw. In the right background is a fireplace supported on columns. It is an excellent work, delicate in colour. Panel, I2| inches by ii inches. Now in the Uffizi, Florence, 1891 catalogue, No. 918; where it was in 1833 (Sm.). 148. THE LADY WITH THE GUITAR (or, The t6te-a-tete). Sm. 95 and Suppl. 27. A lady, wearing a lace cap, a red velvet jacket
