60 GERARD TER BORCH SECT. dress trimmed with gold embroidery ; her hands are clasped. Behind the elder lady stands a youth in grey, who holds up a straw-covered bottle and pours out a glass of wine. To the right are a chest and a large bed. To the left are a door and a toilet-table. On the back wall hangs a map. [Cf. the replica 163.] Signed on the left at foot with the monogram and an illegible date ; panel, 31^ inches by 28 inches. Sales. Helsleuter (? Van Eyl Sluyter), Paris, January 25, 1802 (2051 francs). Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 239 No. 201 in the 1841 catalogue. In the Dutuit collection, Rouen. In the Petit Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris ; Dutuit bequest, 1907 catalogue, No. 931. 163. TWO COUPLES (or, The Social Party). Sm. Suppl. n. A replica of 162 (Paris), with some variations. At the feet of the seated lady lies a little spaniel. The curtains are of darker material. There is no map on the back wall. Signed in full on the chair at foot, and dated 1658 ; canvas, 31 inches by 29^ inches. In the Palace, Schwerin, 1792 catalogue, p. 83, No. 46. In the Palace, Ludwigslust, 1821 catalogue, No. 13 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. ion. 163*7. An Officer in Love. An officer in love coming from the camp. Very well and cleverly painted. 34 inches by 32 inches. Sale. Johan van der Hulk, Dordrecht, April 23, 1720 (Hoet, i. 249), No. 15 (245 florins). 164. The Leave-Taking. An interior. An elegant lady in white satin, of whom a cavalry officer with a buff coat and a cuirass takes a tender leave. Farther back two women and a man sit or stand at a table with a cover, on which lie various objects. Uncommonly fine, and one of the master's best works. Canvas, 30 inches by 26^ inches. Sale. J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 326 (112 florins, Hope). 165. A Woman and a Cavalier. A woman seated, holding a wine-glass, and a cavalier who wishes to embrace her, beside a table on which stands a pewter pot. Delicately and carefully treated. Panel, 10 inches by 9! inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 435 (75 florins, Delfos). 1 66. A Flirtation. A young gentleman flirting with a graceful young lady. To hide her confusion, she bends her face down to a wine- glass full of wine. She holds a jug in her right hand. In the background is an old man asleep. Half-length.
