ix FRANS HALS I23 426^. A Portrait. Mentioned in the inventory of Laurens Mauritsz, Amsterdam, January 18, 1669, No. 94 (15 florins) noted by A. Bredius. 426*:. A Portrait. Mentioned in the inventory of Hester Mahiens, widow of Willem Cooper, 1671 (valued at 10 florins) noted by A. Bredius. 426^. A Piece with a Long Cloak. Mentioned in the inventory of Johan de Hoest and Catharina Questiers, November 1 6, 1673 (valued at 12 florins); the pictures were valued by the painters Dirk Santvoort and Gerrit Uylenborg ; see Oud Holland, xxv. 243. 426*. A Portrait. Mentioned in the inventory of the goods left by the painter J. van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, dated January 4, 1680 ; see Oud Holland, x. 34, No. 132. 4267* and g. Two Life-Sized Portraits. Sale. Philips de Flines, Amsterdam, April 20, 1700 (Hoet, i. 56), Nos. 43 and 44 (70 florins the two). 426/1. A Curious Portrait. Sale. Thomas Argus, Haarlem, February 19, 1704, No. 40. 426*'. A Portrait. Artistically painted. Sale. George Bruyn, Amsterdam, March 16, 1724 (Hoet, i. 300), No. 30 (20 florins). 4267. A Fine Portrait. Sale. Amsterdam, May 16, 1730 (Hoet, i. 350), No. 31 (13 florins 10). 426^. An Especially Good Portrait. 13^ inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Coenraad Baron Droste, The Hague, July 21, 1734 (Hoet, i. 424), No. 22 (8 florins 10). 4267. A Portrait. Sale. Amsterdam, April 13, 1819, No. 26 (i florin 25, Gruyter). 426m. A Life-Sized Portrait. Sale. Rotterdam, April u, 1827, No. 139. 427. A MARRIED COUPLE. B. 15 j M. 90. In a garden a gentleman sits in the left foreground smiling at the spectator. His right hand is at his breast ; his left hand is pressed to his side. He has a moustache and a small pointed beard. He wears a broad-brimmed black felt hat, a black silk costume with a lace collar and fine linen wristbands. Beside him to the right sits a woman, bending slightly forward, with her head turned three-quarters left. She smiles rather slyly at the spectator. Her right hand rests on the man's left shoulder ; her left hand is in her lap. She wears a black dress under a dark-purple gown, a ruff, a white cap threaded with a pink ribbon, and lace-trimmed wristbands. Behind
