I5 6 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. In the collection of Archibald M'Lellan, Glasgow ; bought as a whole by the Corporation of Glasgow, May 1856. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1911 catalogue, No. 690 (old No. 667). 23*. Venus and Cupid. 8 inches by 6| inches. Salt. Hendrik van der Vugt, Amsterdam, April 27, 1745 (Hoet, ii. 164), No. 104 but No. 105 of the original catalogue (7 florins 10, F. van der Lant). 23^. An Offering to Venus. With several figures. Satt. Amsterdam, June 5, 1754, No. 52. 23^. Venus mourning the Death of Adonis. With many little Loves. 28 inches by 24 inches. Sale. Joan Willem Frank, The Hague, April 5, 1762 (Terw. 246), No. 1 8 but No. 24 of the original catalogue (33 florins, Muysgent). 24. Venus mourning the Death of Adonis. Adonis is trans- formed into an anemone. In the distance is the wild boar which killed him. Venus is seen half-length, bending down ; her hands are clasped, and she looks up. She wears a loose flowing drapery and a blue satin gown. A fine effect ; soft colouring. An exceptionally good picture. Canvas, 15! inches by u| inches. Sale. Comte de Vaudreuil, Paris, November 24, 1784, No. 78 (4251 francs, Paillet). 240. Venus placing a Garland on Cupid. With her attendant nymphs. Panel, 16 inches by u| inches. In the collection of Prince zu Hohenzollern-Hcchingen, Lowenberg, 1858 catalogue (Parthey, ii. 187). 25. VERTUMNUS AND POMONA. Sm. Suppl. 10.- Pomona, in a blue silk gown with yellow stripes, sits in her fruit-garden, in front of the bust of a satyr on a column in an arbour overgrown with vine. She has a garden-knife in her hand. Vertumnus, in the form of an old woman leaning on a crutch, approaches her, and lays his right hand on her arm. In the background is a grove with a statue of Pan. Signed in full, and dated 1 68 1 ; canvas, 20 inches by 16 inches. A sketch for the picture is in the Ehlers collection, Gottingen. In the collection of Albertina Agnes of Nassau, Oranjewoud ; in the 1697 inventory of her goods, No. 8 (valued at 1 70 florins, and assigned to her sister Henriette Catharina von Anhalt). In the collection of Henriette Catharina von Anhalt, Dessau ; in the 1708 inventory of her goods, No. 1 1 (valued at 50 thaler, and assigned to her daughter Johanna Charlotta, Markgrafin of Brandenburg-Schwedt). In one of the Berlin Royal palaces ; in the Berlin Museum, 1833 (Sm.). In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 850.
