68 FRANS HALS SECT. Sales. John W. Wilson of Brussels, Paris, March 14, 1881 see 1873 catalogue, p. 81 (80,000 francs, with pendant). E. Secretan, Paris, July I, 1889, No. 124 (91,000 francs, with pendant). In the collection of the late H. O. Havemeyer, New York. 225. ANNA VAN DER AAR (born in 1576), wife of Petrus Scriverius. B. 66 ; M. 73. Half-length ; in a painted oval. She is turned three-quarters left. Her right hand is on her bosom. She wears a black dress embroidered with gold, a white cap, and a large ruff. [Pendant to 224.] Inscribed in the right centre, " A JET AT 50," and below on the painted frame signed with the monogram and the date 1626 ; panel, 8^ inches by 6 inches. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, V Hotel Drouot en 1881, p. 72 ; and see Moes, Iconographia Jiatava, No. 7. Engraved by Adrien Didier in the Wilson catalogue. In the collection of M. J. Caan van Maurik, Oudewater. Sales. John W. Wilson of Brussels, Paris, March 14, 1881 see 1873 catalogue, p. 82 (80,000 francs, with pendant). E. Secretan, Paris, July I, 1889, No. 125 (91,000 francs, with pendant). In the collection of the late H. O. Havemeyer, New York. 226. CASPAR SIBELIUS (1590-1658), Preacher at Deventer. M. 74. Half-length. He is turned slightly towards the right. The features are very expressive. He wears a black gown with a white ruff and a black skull-cap. He holds a small prayer-book in his right hand, and motions with his left hand as if he were speaking. Greenish-grey back- ground. Signed on the right with the monogram, and inscribed below, " AETAT SVAE 47, AN 1637," and at the top in the centre, NATUS 1590 S M FUNCTUS 40" ; panel, io inches by 9 inches. An inscription on the back of the panel states that Sibelius presented the portrait to Professor Hoffman. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 7176, I and 2. Engraved by J. Suyderhoef twice : (i) folio, inscribed, " 1637 act 48 " ; (2) small quarto, inscribed, " 1642 act 53." A modern copy, probably coming from the sale of Countess Reigersberg, Cologne, October 15, 1890, was long in the market. Exhibited at the Palais du Corps Legislatif, Paris, 1874. In the collection of Hendrick Gijselaar-Assendelft, Amsterdam, April 1891. Exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1909, No. 29. In the possession of the Paris dealer Bourgeois. In the collection of M. C. D. Borden, New York. 227. Soop, a Famous Lute-Player. Portrait of a man, standing. Sale. Allard van Everdingen, Amsterdam, April 19, 1709, No. 30. FEYNTJE VAN STEENKISTE, wife of Lucas de Clercq. [See 166.]
