22 FRANS HALS SECT. Sales. L. de Moni, Leyden, April 13, 1772, No. 26 (2 florins 10, Benucci). London, June 30, 1906, No. 87 (89 : 53., Tooth). 800. A Toper. Regarded .by competent authorities as very doubtful. 25! inches by 21 inches. Sale. London, December 20, 1906, No. 81 (136 : ios., Wilson). Sob. A Man smoking, with a Jug. Mentioned in Qud Holland, xx. 81. In the inventory of Johannes de Renialme, April 25, 1640, No. 9 (valued at 12 florins), and June 27, 1657, No. 107 (valued at 18 florins) communi- cated by A. Bredius. 8oc. A Man smoking. Mentioned in the inventory of the estate of Jan Maire, Leyden, who died September 14, 1666 communicated by A. Bredius. 80^. A Soldier smoking. With accessories. Sale. Maria Beukelaar, Anthony de Waart, The Hague, April 19, 1752, No. 167 (22 florins). 80*. A Merry Fellow with a Pipe. Panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. J. E. Grave and others, Amsterdam, May 5, 1806, No. 59. 8o/ A Man smoking. Canvas, 24 inches by 20 inches. Sale. B. Boele, Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. 7 (8 florins 15). Sqg-. A Merry Youth with a Pipe. Canvas, 15 inches by 12 inches. Sales. W. Rijers, Amsterdam, September 21, 1814, No. 46 (5 florins, Westenberg). Roothaan, Amsterdam, March 29, 1826, No. 34 (7 florins 15, Van der Sluys). 81. A MAN WITH A FLUTE, SINGING. 6.90; M. 218. A half-length. The young man faces the spectator. His head is bent downward three-quarters left. On the back of his head, to the right, he wears a cap with a light-blue feather. At the throat and the wrists his white shirt peeps from under his doublet. He holds a flute in his right hand, and raises his left hand as if to beat time to his singing. He looks down at a book spread out before him to the left. Light-grey background. Signed on the right at foot with the monogram ; canvas, 27^ inches by 21 1 inches. Sales. B. Ocke, Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 45 (78 florins, De Lelie). Amsterdam, December 16, 1856, No. 19; panel, 23 inches by 22 inches. In the Suermondt collection, Aachen, 1874. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 8oiA.
