2o6 CASPAR NETSCHER SECT. Sale. D. Vcrsteegh, Amsterdam, November 3, 1823, No. 27 (5 florins 5, Zwart). 162/1. Portrait of the Painter (?). Vigorous and good. It is uncertain whether it is a portrait of Netscher himself. Canvas, round. Sale. F. M. Netscher, Rotterdam, April 8, 1829, No. 26 (14 florins 5, Steenhout). i62/. PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER. Sm. i. At the age of about forty-one. A portly man in official costume, consisting of a black cap, a doublet with a broad white collar, and a cloak which he holds in front with his left hand. He seems to stand at an arched window, and rests his right hand on the window-sill, upon which lie a palette and brushes, maulstick and knife. Close to these is a small figure of Antinous, above which hangs a curtain. Below the sill is a relief of childish figures. Panel, i6| inches by 12 J inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 5355, 10. Engraved by J. S. Klauber in the Orleans Gallery, 1786. Imported into England in 1798 with the Orleans collection. In the collection of John Fullerton, 1833 (Sm.). In the collection of J. M. Beith, London. i62j. Portrait of the Painter. Panel, 13 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. E. Disant, Rheims, May 26, 1870, No. 222. Portrait of the Painter. Three-quarter length. He wears velvet coat and a cloak wound round his body and held in his right hand. Panelj 10 inches by 8 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 5355, n. Engraved by A. F. Hemery. Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 55. Possibly in the collection of Comte Baudouin. In the collection of W. Koller. In the collection of Dr. E. Posonyi, 1873. Sale. Vienna, October 29, 1877, No. 64. i62/. Caspar Netscher as a Shepherd. His hand rests on the head of a greyhound. In the Potemkin collection, Brussels, 1887 noted by A. Bredius. 163. The Painter and his Family. In the garden of a mansion standing at the back the mother in yellow satin kneels in the centre beside a little boy who is playing with a small dog. Another boy with fair curls fills a cup at a fountain richly adorned with sculpture. In the middle distance sits the artist with fair curly hair. He is making a sketch on a panel. In the right foreground a vase full of different flowers stands on a pedestal. A distinguished work. Signed in full, and dated 1675 ; canvas, 44 inches by 55 inches. In the Weyer collection, Cologne, 1864 (Parthey, ii. 190).
