v CAREL FABRITIUS 575 6. HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM DE NOTTE. The sitter is turned to the right, with hands folded below his breast. He is dressed in black, with a white collar. His hair is dark ; his beard and moustache are fairer. In the vivid colouring of the face there are many red and yellow tones. It is painted almost entirely without deep shadows on a light greenish-yellow background. Signed at the top to the right, "Abraham de Notte, Acts 56. C. fabritius 1640 f. " ; the last figure of the date is not quite clear, and ought, perhaps, to be read as a " 6 " or a " 9." Canvas, 27! inches by 23 inches. Described by Waagen, ii. 237 ; Moes, Iconograpkia Batava, No. 5463. Sale. Earl of Dudley, London, June 25, 1892, No. 6 (M. Colnaghi). Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1905 catalogue, No. 920 ; purchased in London, 1892. 7. Half-length Portrait of a Man. The sitter is turned to the right ; his hands are clasped and he looks upward as if in prayer. The background is dark. The ascription to Fabritius is doubtful. Oak panel, 9 inches by 7^ inches. In the Suermondt collection, Aix-la-Chapelle, 1874. Now in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1904 catalogue, No. 819/2. 8. PORTRAIT STUDY OF AN ELDERLY MAN. A half-length. The sitter is slightly turned to the left. His bearded face is slightly bent down towards the left ; he looks at the spectator. He wears a brown costume with a white ruff and a broad-brimmed black hat strongly relieved against the light background. The hat-brim is cut off by the frame on both sides. It is painted in a broad and sketchy style ; the grain of the wood is visible through the paint. Oak panel, loj inches by 8^ inches. J. Stolker copied this head for a full-length portrait drawing that was said to represent the poet Roemer Visscher (1547-1620), and to have been drawn from a picture by Frans Hals. Compare Iconographia Batava, 8546, No. 2. Formerly in the collection of Matthew Anderson, Jesmond Cottage, near Newcastle-on-Tyne. In the possession of the dealers Dowdeswell, London. Now in the collection of C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague. 9. HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A MAN. He faces the spectator, but turns slightly to the right. His head is bare, and his dark brown hair falls in thick curls on his shoulders. He wears a dark brown costume cut square at the neck, showing the half-open white shirt, the neck, and part of the breast. The background is greyish green. The picture was formerly attributed to Rembrandt, until the signature was discovered in 1859. Signed in the right-hand upper corner " fabritius " j oak panel, 25^ inches by 19 inches. A copy, slightly altered by the addition of a cap, exists in the Chiaramonte- Bordenaro collection, Palermo ; it is there ascribed to Rembrandt.
