xvm CASPAR NETSCHER 165 Beside her lies a spaniel. At the back is an open window. Furniture and other accessories. A finely painted picture. Panel, 15 inches by i inches. Sale. B. Ocke, Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 87 (80 florins, Smart). 50. A Woman sewing. Sm. 19, and Suppl. 38. A young woman sits sewing, with a cushion on her lap. She wears a yellow velvet jacket edged with ermine, a blue skirt, and a lace cap. Near her is a table covered with a Persian carpet, on which lie two books. At her side is a basket. "Painted with great delicacy" (Sm.). 8| inches by 7 inches. Sales. Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (2770 francs, with 51) sold as a Metsu. George Morant, London, 1832 (97 : 135.). In the collection of Henry Bevan, London, 1842 (Sm.). A Lady making Lace. She sits at a table covered with a rich Persian carpet. She wears a white silk gown, with a purple silk bodice. On a stool at her right lies a cat. The light comes through a window on the left. Canvas on panel. Sale. Comte de Turenne, Paris, May 17, 1852, No. 59 (3761 francs). 51. A Woman knitting. Sm. 18, and Suppl. 16. A comely young woman sits knitting at an arched window. She wears a blue bodice, a tawny yellow satin skirt, a white apron, and a black cap. Before her stands a table covered with a Turkey carpet, on which is a basket contain- ing balls of worsted. " An elegant and highly studied production " (Sm.). Panel, n^ inches by 8^ inches. Engraved by J. G. Wille. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1838. In the Lempereur collection ; mentioned by Descamps (1753). Sales. Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (2770 francs, with 50) sold as a Ter Borch. Comte de Merle, Paris, 1783 (1250 francs). George Morant, London, 1832 (^110 : 55.) sold as a F. Mieris. In the collection of Colonel Fitzgibbon, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. Earl of Clare, London, 1864 (409 : ios., Cox) according to a MS. note in Sm.'s own copy of his catalogue. A. Levy, London, June 16, 1876 (440). 510. A Lady making Lace. In an interior. Panel, 15 inches by 13 inches. Sale. Whitworth Shaw and others, London, July 21, 1900, No. 125. 51^. A Lady seated, making Lace. Copper, 13! inches by n inches. Sales. Nesbitt and others, London, April 15, 1901, No. 26. Sir Robert Loder, Bart., and others, London, May 29, 1908, No. 489 (50 : 8s., P. and D. Colnaghi).
