!62 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. 40*. A Student. Sale. Johan Cau, Amsterdam, May 7, 1710 (Hoet, i. 138), No. n (225 florins). 40*. A Trumpeter. 24 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Johan van der Hulk, Dordrecht, April 23, 1720 (Hoet, i. 250), No. 29 (30 florins). 40*. A Young Man playing the Flute. Canvas, about 16 inches by io| inches. In the Kassel Gallery, 1783 ; but not now there. 41. An Old Man smoking a Pipe. He sits at a table, reading a newspaper which he holds in his left hand. His right leg rests on his left knee ; his right elbow is on the table. In front of him is a stool. Canvas, 15^ inches by 12^ inches. Safes. H. Croesc, Amsterdam, September 18, 1811, No. 60 (30 florins, Van der Voort). H. Croese, Amsterdam, July 20, 1812, No. 38 (24 florins, Hendriks). H. Croese, Amsterdam, May 27, 1818, No. 39 (41 florins, De Vries). 41 a. The Sculptor. Sale. (Supplementary) Antwerp, September 7, 1846, No. 38. 41^. The Clarinet-Player. In the Motz collection, Bremen, 1864 (Parthey, ii. 188). 42. The Print Collector in his Study. He sits in a red arm- chair at a table covered with a Persian carpet. With his right hand he points to a book of prints, lying on the table near some other books and a marble bust. Farther back is a book-case with prints, an antique statue, and a purple silk curtain caught up from the floor. The man wears a blue silk robe, trimmed with grey. Unusually fine and admirably executed. Dated 1670 ; canvas, 22 inches by 18 inches. Sales. L. Th. de Vogel, Amsterdam, October 20, 1794, No. 8. Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 168. Moret, Paris, February 12, 1857 (5950 francs) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 554. Marquis du Blaisel, Paris, March 16, 1870, No. 89 (5500 francs). 43. A Man drinking. He sits in a verandah adorned with a relief ; in the left background is a view of a park. He is seen half from the left, and holds a full wine-glass in his right hand. In front of him on the table are two bottles in a wine-cooler. His left arm lies on the arm of the chair, with the hand hanging down stiffly in front. He wears a blue vest trimmed at the bottom with fur and open at the top over his white neck-cloth ; over the vest he has a grey coat trimmed with braid in front, with white sleeves and cuffs ; and he has grey breeches. To the right is another table covered with a Persian carpet. On the right the
