ix FRANS HALS 53 In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1086; exhibited on loan since 1891. 166. FEYNTJE VAN STEENKISTE (born 1604), wife of Lucas de Clercq. M. 25. Three-quarter-length, life size. She stands almost facing the spectator but slightly inclined to the left. She looks at the spectator. At her left is a chair. Her hands, holding her gloves, are clasped in front of her. She wears a white cap, a black dress with a small white ruff, and a little lace on the sleeves. The colouring is similar to that of 165. The hands are painted with exceptional breadth and accuracy [See 165.] Inscribed on the left, " JET AT SV^E 31. AN 1635."; canvas, 49 inches by 37 inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 7550. Engraved by C. E. Taurel. Given by the De Clercq family to the city of Amsterdam, 1891. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1087 ; exhibited on loan since 1891. 167. [Identical with 1950. ] Leendert van der Cooghen. See Leendert van der Kooge (195, 195*). 168. BALTHASAR COYMANS of Alblasserdam, Lord of Streef- kerk and Nieuw Lekkerland, Alderman of Haarlem (1618-90). M. 27. Half-length, life size. He sits turned three-quarters right and looks at the spectator. His right arm rests on the arm of the red chair. He has long curls, a light moustache, and a small imperial. He wears a tall black hat. His greenish-yellow costume is richly embroidered with gold, and has puffed white sleeves. He wears a thin linen collar and wristbands of the same material. On the wall to the left hangs his coat-of-arms with three oxen's heads. A similar coat-of-arms occurs in 169, i8i,and 304. In the style of the "Jasper Schade " (221). Inscribed on the left, "jETAT SV^E 26 [or 20] 1645"; canvas, 29^ inches by 24^ inches. Mentioned in the Burlington Magazine, August 1908, vol. xiii. p. 293, by J. C. van Lennep, who identifies the sitter as Johan Coymans, son of Joseph Coymans (see 169). Exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1909, No. 37. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 54. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 40 ; bought as a whole, August 1907, by the London dealers Duveen. In the collection of Mrs. Collis P. Huntington, New York. ISABELLA COYMANS, whose first husband was Stephanus Geraerdts. [See 181.] 169. JOSEPH COYMANS, Lord of Bruchem and Nieuwaal (August i, 1591 after 1649 and before 1677); married, November 21,
