ix FRANS HALS 35 Mentioned in the inventory of Johan Hogenhouck, Delft, January 31, 1647, No. 13 as noted by A. Bredius. 126, 127. Heads of Two Laughing Boys. Circular. Sale. Quiryn van Biesum, Rotterdam, October 18, 1719, Nos. 195 and 196 (3 florins the pair). 128, 129. Two Boys. Small pictures. Sale. Pieter Pellicorne, Amsterdam, April 4, 1724 (Hoet, i. 306), No. 37 (2 florins 10). 130. A Youth and a Girl playing Cards by Lamplight. 13 inches by loj inches. Pictures of similar themes were until lately often ascribed to Frans Hals. It is more probable that they originated with Jan Miense Molenaer. This was certainly the case with the " Two Laughing Children with a Cat," which, in the sale of L. von Lilienthal and others, Cologne, December 21, 1893, as No. 262, was wrongly ascribed to Frans Hals. Sale. G. and N. A. Flink, Rotterdam, November 4, 1754 (Terw. 103), No. 31 or No. 40 in the original catalogue (16 florins, Fouquet). 130^7. Two Boys playing with a Cat. [See note to 130.] Sale. Borwater, The Hague, July 20, 1756 (Terw. 156), No. 70 (10 florins 10). 130^. Boys playing Cards. Sale. A. and S. de Groot, The Hague, March 20, 1771 (3 florins, Roewalt). 130^. Two Children. Loosely painted. Fresh in colour. Panel, i inches by n| inches. Sale. F. A. E. Bruynincx, Antwerp, August I, 1791, No. 165 (i florin 10). 130^. Children teasing a Cat. [See note to 130.] Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 301. Sale. Fagel, London, May 22, 1801, No. 33 (18 : i8s.). 130*. Two Boys playing with a Dog. Spirited in composition. [See note to 130.] Sale. Amsterdam, April 14, 1813, No. 58 (2 florins 10). 1307. Two Merry Youths playing with a Kitten. 25! inches by 19 inches. Saks. Van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 57 (10 florins). (Possibly) Von der Ropp, Cologne, 1890. 131. Children in a Landscape. Panel. Sale. Amsterdam, August 15, 1825, No. 383 (6 florins). 131*. Three Merry Children eating Soup. Spirited in handling and full of character. Probably by J. M. Molenaer. Canvas, 19 inches by 26 inches.
