ix FRANS HALS 29 In the possession of the London dealers Durlacher. In the possession of the London dealers T. Lawrie. In the collection of the Earl of Carysfort, Glenart Castle, Ireland. 103. A YOUTH FACING RIGHT. M. 41, 163. Half-length, life size. His head is seen in full face. He looks to the left, past the spectator. He has long fair curls, and wears a purplish-red costume and a black hat with a red plume. His right hand, stretched out to the right foreground, formerly rested on a skull which has been painted out. Signed on the right at foot with the monogram ; canvas, 30 inches by 25 inches. Exhibited by the London dealers Lawrie, 1903, No. 13. Exhibited in the Portrait Exhibition, The Hague, 1903, No. 40*. In the collection of W. A. Coats, Skelmorlie Castle, Scotland, No. 18. 104. A Youth holding a Skull. He wears a red cap with a blue feather. io inches by 8 inches. Sale. The Hague, May 25, 1772, No. 50. 105. Portrait of a Philosopher. Half-length. His right hand rests on a skull, his left hand on his breast. He wears a black doublet with a white collar and lace cuffs, and a small black cap. He has a moustache and an imperial. Panel, 26 inches by 23^ inches. Sale. Cardinal Fesch, Rome, March 17, 1845, No. 93 but No. 394 in the 1841 catalogue. 106. [Identical with 264.] 107. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. M. 153. Half-length. He is turned to the right, but his head is seen almost in full face. His beard and hair are dark, and he wears a black hat. He holds between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand a watch, the chain of which falls between the second and third fingers. On his left hand, seen under the other, he wears a signet ring. He is dressed in black with a soft and close-fitting fluted collar, trimmed with lace. Grey background. Broadly and delicately painted. Very expressive. From the style of the dress it may be assigned to the early period, 1630-35. Oval panel, 25 inches by 20 inches ; the grain of the wood runs diagonally. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 90. In the collection of Earl Howe, Gopsall ; it has been in the possession of the family for more than a century. 107*. Interior with a Peasant at Table. He holds a glass. 17 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, January 20, 1772, No. 64 (2 florins, Herenreigg). 107^. A Peasant killing Vermin. Sale. Jan Enschede Jansz, Haarlem, April 16, 1776, No. 60.
