ix FRANS HALS 121 chief. The expression of her face is strong and calm, and the cheek-bones are very prominent. She is in black, with a very simple white cap drawn down on the forehead, and a broad ruff framing her face. Dark back- ground. Very delicate tones. A striking portrait. [Regarded inaccur- ately as a pendant to 304.] Signed with the monogram, and inscribed, " JET A 35 1644"; canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches. Exhibited at the National Loan Exhibition, London, 1909, No. 38, by Messrs. Duveen. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 300 (18,000 francs). In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. Bought by the London dealers Duveen, August 1909, with '303, 304, and other pictures and objects of art (for ^500,000). 418. A Fine Portrait of a Woman. Loose, bold, energetic, and natural in style. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, V Hotel Drouot en 1882, p. 247. Sale. Febvre, Paris, April 30, 1882 (7800 francs). 419. Portrait of a Young Woman. 6.74. Painted about 1650. In the possession of the Paris dealer Charles Pillet in 1883. 420. Portrait of a Woman. Half-length. Her finely modelled hands are in front of her, and hold a feather fan tied to a black silk ribbon. She wears a black velvet cap trimmed with lace, an embroidered satin dress, a silk cloak, and a lace-trimmed front in the shape of a collar. She has bracelets. Her sleeves have cuffs with broad lace trimming. Signed on the right ; canvas, 32 inches by 26 inches. Sale. Ruelens, Brussels, April 17, 1883, No. 116. 420*. Portrait of a Woman of Mature Age seated. She is in black with a lace cap. Her hands are clasped. Panel, 31 inches by 24 inches. Sale. Ruelens, Brussels, April 17, 1883, No. 117. 421. An Old Woman. Dated 1637 ; canvas, 43^ inches by 36 inches. Sale. Baron Eduard von Niesewand of Miihlheim, London, June 9, 1886, No. 33. 422. Portrait of a Woma'n. She faces left. Both hands are shown. Painted in 1640. In the collection of Baron de Woelmont, Brussels, in 1888 noted by A. Bredius. 423. PORTRAIT OF A DUTCHWOMAN STANDING. B. 70. Three-quarter-length. She is seen almost in full face, but turned slightly to the left. She looks past the spectator to the left. Her hands are clasped at her waist, and hold one glove ; the right hand is gloved. She wears pear-shaped pearls in her ears. Her black dress is adorned at the waist with black edgings and velvet ribbons running
