ix FRANS HALS 27 was in the sale : Mniszech, Paris, April 9, 1902, No. 127 (16,000 francs) measuring 27^ inches by 21^- inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1887, No. 80. Exhibited at Munich, 1892. Sa&.D. P. Sellar, Paris, June 6, 1889, No. 38. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, who sold it to Thieme in 1889. In the collection of the late A. Thieme, Leipzig, 1900 catalogue, No. 31. 97. A Laughing Fool. M. 217. Half-length. The figure is turned to the left ; the head is seen almost in full face. The man looks straight at the spectator. The costume is black and red, the cap red. Probably genuine, or at least a school repetition. Signed on the right with the monogram ; a small picture. In the Preyer collection, Vienna. In the collection of Senator Clark, New York. 98. A FOOL WITH A MANDOLINE. B. 45; M. 216.- Half-length. A man turned half-right, in a red costume trimmed with yellow. He has long hair, and wears a red and yellow cap. His head is seen in full face ; he looks up to the left. With his right hand he touches the strings of a mandoline ; his left hand grasps the neck. Very freely handled. Especially good are the various contrasting flesh-tones, the red and yellow of the costume, and the reflections in the eyes. [Compare 95.] Signed in the right at top, F. H. ; canvas, about 29 inches by 24 inches. A copy (B. 1 6, and see M. 216) is in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1093 ; it measures 26 inches by 24 inches, having rather less at the foot than the original. In the collection of Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris. 99. A LAUGHING BOY. He is seen in full face. He wears a hat with an ostrich feather standing up straight. Dated 1636, according to A. Bredius. In the collection of Madame Andre-Jacquemart, Paris. 99*. A Mulatto. M. 266. Half-length. He looks at the spectator with a broad half-tipsy smile. His head is bent to the left. His stubbly hair sticks out from under a red cap. His grimacing face is set off with a dark moustache and beard. He holds up a mug with open lid in his right hand. His red costume is trimmed with yellow ribbons. His shadow is seen on the light brownish-grey background. Apparently a repetition of 95. Canvas, 30^ inches by 26^- inches. In the collection of Jules Porges, Paris. 99^. A Laughing Youth. Sale. Hendrik Bagh, Leyden, August 24, 1761, No. 53 (z florins 20). 99^. A Rommelpot- Player. Half-length. A merry old man. Loose and masterly in style. Sale. Joost Willem van Wessel, Amsterdam, September 28, 1791, No. 31 (2 florins 25, Van der Veen).
