12 FRANS HALS SECT. 28. HEAD OF A LAUGHING BOY WITH A FLUTE. B. 113; M. 235. In full face, slightly inclined to the left. He has fair hair, and wears a yellow dress with a close-fitting collar. Very good in composition ; strong colour. [Pendant to 29.] Signed with the monogram ; circular panel, u| inches across. Exhibited at Dllsseldorf, 1886, No. 132. In the collection of Albert von Oppenheim, Cologne. 29. HEAD OF A LAUGHING BOY WITH A FLUTE. B. 112 ; M. 236. The flute is in his right hand. The head is strongly foreshortened from the back. Fair hair and red cheeks. He wears a light- blue blouse. Signed with the monogram; circular panel, u inches across the grain of the wood running diagonally. [Pendant to 28.] Exhibited at DUsseldorf, 1886, No. 133. In the collection of Albert von Oppenheim, Cologne. 30. HEAD OF A LAUGHING CHILD WITH A FLUTE. M. 233. The flute is in the right hand which is alone visible. The head is almost in full face, but slightly inclined to the left ; there is a smile on the face. The body is inclined to the left. The face is framed in long hair. Green costume ; white background, and a painted brown frame. Broadly painted ; strong flesh-colour. Panel, 13^ inches by 12 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1902, No. 201 ; and at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1904, No. 283. In the collection of H. J. Pfungst, London. In the collection of J. van Alen, Rushton Hall, Kettering. 31. A LAUGHING BOY WITH A FLUTE. M. 240. Half-length, in profile to the left. The head is three-quarters left. The long hair falls in disorder. The lips are parted, showing the teeth. On the left the flute is held upright in the right hand. The eyes look to the left and slightly upward. Life-like colour in the face. Circular panel, n| inches across the grain of the wood running diagonally. A copy is in the Boucher de'Perthes Museum, Abbeville. In the collection of the late Alfred Beit, London. In the collection of Otto Beit, London. 31*. Head of a Laughing Child with a Flute. In full face, but slightly inclined to the left background. Fair hair. The eyes look roguishly at the spectator ; the mouth is wide open. The fist, held at the breast, grasps a small flute. Greyish-black dress. Greyish -brown background. Circular panel, 1 5 inches across. In the collection of Jules Forges, Paris. 31^. Head of a Laughing Boy with a Flute. M. 245. He is turned to the right, and holds a flute in his left hand to his lips. [Pendant to 190.]
