86 FRANS HALS SECT. Signed on the right with the monogram, and inscribed, "AETATIS SVAE 55, 1648 " ; canvas, 49^ inches by 40 inches. Exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1909, No. 39. Sale. Miles, London, May 13, 1899, No. 90 (3150, P. and D. Colnaghi). In the possession of the New York dealer Knoedler. In the collection of C. M. Schwab, New York. 300. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. B. 69; M. 145. He faces right. His right hand hangs down. He has long hair. He is dressed in greyish-purple, and wears a hat. Painted about 1650-5, according to Bredius. In the collection of Madame Andre Jacquemart, Paris. 301. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN. M. 147. Half- length. He is seen almost in full face, though inclined to the right, and looks at the spectator. He holds his left hand, with the palm inwards, at his breast ; the right hand is not shown. He has long dishevelled hair, and a slight moustache and imperial. He wears a brown coat and a close- fitting white collar. The face is very carefully painted ; the costume is broadly treated. Painted about 1640. Signed on the right with the monogram; canvas, 26 inches by 19^ inches. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 42 ; it was bought as a whole by the London dealers Duveen Brothers, August 1907. In the possession of the dealers Duveen, Paris. 302. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. M. 137. Half-length. He faces three-quarters right, and looks at the spectator. His right hand rests on a silver-handled stick. He has a moustache and whiskers trimmed close. He wears a broad-brimmed hat, a black coat and cloak, a close- fitting white collar, and white wristbands. Signed with the monogram on the right beneath the hand, and dated, 1643 > panel, 12 inches by n inches. In the Munkacsy collection, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 56. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 43 ; it was bought as a whole by the London dealers Duveen Brothers, August 1907. In the possession of the dealers Duveen, Paris. 303. PORTRAIT OF A BURGOMASTER. M. 146. Half- length. He faces three-quarters right, and looks down to the left, past the spectator. His right hand grasps an ornament on the back of a chair ; his left hand holds a pair of gloves. He has grey hair, a grey moustache, and pointed beard. He wears a black velvet coat, a big cloak falling from the left shoulder to the right hip, and a large white frilled collar. Painted about 1627. Canvas, 45^ inches by 36 inches.
