62 FRANS HALS SECT. 201. CORNELIA CLAESDR. VOOGT (born 1578), wife of Nicolaes van der Meer. M. 54. Three-quarter-length. She sits in a large arm-chair, seen almost in full face, but slightly inclined to the left. She looks at the spectator. Her left hand rests on the arm of the chair, her right hand on her lap. She wears a cap, a black dress with a fur cape, a ruff, and lace wristbands. In the left-hand top corner hangs her coat-of- arms. [Pendant to 200.] Inscribed below the coat-of-arms, " JET AT SV./E 53 (and under this) AN 1631 " j panel, 51 inches by 40 inches. In the collection of Fabricius van Leyenburg. In the Haarlem Municipal Museum, bequeathed by Fabricius van Leyen- burg in 1883 ; 1907 catalogue, No. 125. 202. MICHIEL JANSZ VAN MIDDELHOVEN (born at Dordrecht, 1562, died at Ley den about 1638), preacher at Voorschoten from 1602 to 1634. B. 57, 64 ; M. 55. Half-length. He is turned three-quarters left, but looks at the spectator. In his left hand is a book with red edges, his forefinger marking the place. His right hand, with the forefinger and thumb pressed together, makes a gesture as if he were speaking. He has a long full beard. He wears black with a black velvet collar, and over it a ruff. [Pendant to 203.] Canvas, 34^ inches by 28 inches. The picture mentioned by Bode as No. 57 must surely be the same as B. 64 ; probably this is an inadvertence. Engraved by J. van de Velde, 1626. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 5051. In the collection of Count Andre Mniszech, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 203. SARA ANDRIESDR. HESSIX, wife of M. J. van Middel- hoven, married at Leyden, 1586. B. 58 ; M. 56. Three-quarter-length. She is seated almost in full face, but turned slightly to the left, and looks at the spectator. Her outstretched right hand rests on her bosom. Her left forearm rests on the arm of the chair, with a book in the left hand. She is in black with a white cap, a ruff, and wristbands. [Pendant to 202.] Canvas, 34^ inches by 28 inches. In the collection of Count Andre Mniszech, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of A. de Ridder, Cronberg, near Frankfort-on-Main. 204. Arnold M0ller(born 1581), Caligrapher. M. 57. Half-length. A man with a long full beard sits at a table, facing three-quarters right. He has been writing in a book spread out before him, and looks up at the spectator. He is in black, with a rufF. Oval. Described from a print by Lucas Kilian ; the original is lost. 205. PIETER CORNELISZ VAN DER MORSCH (1546- 1629). B. 143 ; M. 259. Half-length. He is seen in full face, slightly
