Word: ochtervelt
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...easel, a slight canvas in which a pretty maiden is seen writing a billet-doux. There was a fusillade of bidding. Sir Henri pounced on the foreigners, kept raising the bid "dix mille guilders" at a leap. He triumphed at $127,600. It all happened again with Jacob Ochtervelt's The Oyster Eaters. For this gastronomic scene Sir Henry offered $83,600. Several Americans slumped in their chairs. The limitless resources of Sir Henry's preposterous wallet were exasperating. Over and over he took what he wanted. Two of the paintings he gave immediately to Dutch museums. Dutchmen...
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