52 FRANS HALS SECT. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, L 1 Hotel Drcuot en 1881, p. 72; and Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 1130. Engraved by A. Matham and Leopold Flameng. Exhibited among the "Hundred Masterpieces," Paris, 1883. Sales. John W. Wilson, Paris, March 16, 1881 1873 catalogue, p. 84 (78,100 francs). E. Secretan, Paris, July I, 1889, No. 123. In the collection of Lord Iveagh, London. CATHARINA BRUGMAN, wife of Tileman Roosterman. [&T2I8.] 162. Willem van der Camer. M. 22. Half-length ; in an oval. He is turned three-quarters right, and looks at the spectator. His long hair is rather smooth ; he has a moustache and pointed beard. Round his neck is a flat ruff. Signed, and dated, according to the print, "F. H. Pinx. 1630." See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 1386. Described from the print by J. Suyderhoef, dated 1651 ; the original is lost. 163. Johannes van de Cappelle (1625-79), Painter in Amsterdam. M. 23. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 1466, 2. Mentioned in the inventory of the estate of Jan van de Cappelle, Amsterdam, dated January 4, 1680 ; see Oud Holland, x. (1892), p. 33, No. 32. 164. JEAN DE LA CHAMBRE (1606 after 1647), French Teacher and Caligrapher, of Haarlem. M. 50. Almost in full face. He is in black with a close-fitting white collar, and holds a pen in his right hand. This corresponds exactly to the print by Suyderhoef, dated 1638. Dated 1638, and inscribed below "act. 32 " ; panel, io inches by 8 inches. A copy was in the possession of a London dealer, 1908. Exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1900, No. 45. Sale. Amsterdam, April I, 1833, No. 74 (90 florins, Roos). In the possession of the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi. In the collection of W. C. Alexander, London. 165. LUCAS DE CLERCQ (born after 1592). M. 24. Three- quarter-length , life size. He stands almost facing the spectator but slightly inclined to the right. His cloak hangs from his right shoulder ; he grasps it with his right hand. His left hand, holding his broad-brimmed hat, is pressed to his side. He is in black with a close-fitting white collar. He has a moustache and a pointed beard. The background is yellowish-grey. The face is carefully laid in, vigorously modelled, and enlivened with touches of olive-green, reddish-brown, and cherry-red. It is a very charac- teristic work of the middle of the thirties (about 1635). [See 166.] Canvas, 49 inches by 37 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 1563. Engraved by W. Steelink. Given by the De Clercq family to the city of Amsterdam, 1891.
