28 FRANS HALS SECT. 99^. A Laughing Youth. Sketch. Sale. Amsterdam, May 24, 1815, No. 27 (8 florins with Nos. 28 and 29). 99^. A Laughing Youth. Half-length. A spirited painting. Panel, 20 inches by 17^ inches. Sale. J. Hulswit, Amsterdam, October 28, 1822, No. 36 (8 florins, Engel- berts): 99/ A Laughing Man. Oval panel, 22 inches by 17! inches. Sale. C. R. S. Toe Laer, Amsterdam, July 28, 1828, No. 31 (2 florins, Bunton). 99^. A Merry Man. Signed, F. Hals ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April I, 1833, No. 73 (l florin 75, Wolff). 99/j. Head of a Laughing Man with a Red Cap. Canvas, 22 J inches by 17^ inches. Sale. J. F. Sigault, Amsterdam, December 3, 1833, No. 76. 99/. Study of a Laughing Man. Panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. M. C. van Hall and others, Amsterdam, April 27, 1858, No. 33. 100. A Merry Old Man. He has a grey beard, a frilled collar, and a red cap. Canvas, 20 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Fr. Werbrouck and others, Antwerp, September 12, 1859, No. 359- 1 01. A Man rubbing his Arm. Canvas, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Jos. Valette and others, Amsterdam, August 26, 1807, No. 99 (6 1 florins). i Ola. An Old Man. Half-length. He has a long white beard. His sorrowful face inclines sidewards on his shoulder. Canvas, 17 inches by 12^ inches. Sale. St. Remy zur Biesen and others, Cologne, December 9, 1892, No. 79. 102. HAMLET. Half-length. A youth faces the spectator. His head is slightly inclined to the right, and he looks in the same direction. His right hand, much foreshortened, is stretched out to the front. In his left hand he holds a skull. He has long unkempt hair, and wears a red cap with a long plume hanging down on the right. His big cloak is fastened across his breast ; a piece of his white collar and of the lower opening of the sleeve are also visible. Light-grey background. Life size. Exhibited on loan in the Dublin National Gallery, 1895.
