ii2 FRANS HALS SECT. In the collection of the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, 1898 catalogue, No. 22. 387. PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN. M. 205. Wrongly called the artist's wife. Half-length. She is seated facing three-quarters left, and looks at the spectator. Her right arm is over the back of the chair. Her hands, which hold her fan, rest on her lap. She wears a black silk dress with a pink silk front, a broad lace collar and wristbands, gold bracelets, and a black cap adorned with a gold band set with pearls, from under which her yellowish-brown hair falls in curls on her shoulders. In the background, to the left, are two columns ; to the right is a vista with the outline of a town and church spires on the horizon. Canvas, 38^ inches by 31 inches. In the collection of the Earl of Bessborough, who sold it in 1848 to Lewis Jarvis Banker, of King's Lynn. In the possession of the London dealer M. Colnaghi. Bought by Henry G. Marquand from Colnaghi, and presented to the Museum in 1890. In the Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1905 catalogue, No. 269. 388. PORTRAIT OF A LADY SEATED. M. 189. Three- quarter-length. She is seen almost in full face, though slightly inclined to the left, and looks at the spectator. Her left forearm rests on the arm of her chair ; her left hand holds a book which rests on her left knee. Her right hand is in front of her. She is in black, with a cap and a ruff. Grey background. Inscribed on the left at top, " JET AT SV^E 56, AN 1635"; canvas, 35 inches by 35! inches. Etched by L. Krathe in the Sellar catalogue. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1885, No. 105 measuring 44 inches by 35 inches. Sales. J. Bernard, Amsterdam, November 24, 1834, No. 46 (160 florins, De Vries) measuring 50 inches by 36^ inches. D. P. Sellar of London, Paris, June 6, 1889, No. 36 measuring 46 inches by 36^ inches. In the collection of the late C. T. Yerkes, New York, 1904 catalogue, No. 35. 389. PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN STANDING. B. 42 ; M. 193. Almost a three-quarter-length. She is turned three-quarters left, and looks at the spectator. Her hands are crossed before her at the waist, the right hand resting on the left, which holds her gloves. She wears black, with a white cap, a broad white collar, and wristbands. There is a good deal of red in her cheeks. The prevailing tone is grey. The figure is very well placed in the frame. Canvas, 43 inches by 32 inches. In the La Caze collection, Paris. In the Louvre, Paris, La Caze bequest, 1903 catalogue, No. 2385. 390. PORTRAIT OF A LADY. M. 194. Half-length ; in an oval. She faces right, and both her hands are shown. In the collection of Madame Andre-Jacquemart, Paris.
