72 FRANS HALS SECT. Sales. Amsterdam, December 17, 1850, No. 198 (40 florins, with pendant, Brondgeest). An Overijssel collector and others, Amsterdam, September 15, 1851, No. 198. 242. MICHIEL DE WAEL (?). B. 73; M. 83. Three- quarter-length, life size. He is seen in full face, and looks at the spectator. His right hand holds his gloves ; his left hand is pressed on his hip. He is in black with a broad-brimmed black hat. He has a fresh and ruddy face. Brown background. On the bottom of the frame is a coat-of- arms, bearing a bird facing right on clouds. On the top of the frame is a monogram, comprised of the letters, C.H.R. and G. There is apparently no evidence for the identification of the sitter as M. de Wael. [Pendant to 243. Compare 282.] Canvas, 47 inches by 30 inches. See Moes, leonographia Batava, No. 8794, 3. Engraved by Achille Gilbert in the collection of C. Fillet. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1902, No. 101. Sale. (Supplementary) Utrecht, June 27, 1825, No. 153 (200 florins, with pendant). In the collection of Charles Fillet, Paris. In the possession of the London dealers Lawrie. In the collection of Arthur Sanderson, Edinburgh. In the collection of Charles Taft, Cincinnati. 243. Cornelia van Baardorp, wife of Michiel de Wael. M. 84. Three-quarter-length. Both hands are shown. [Pendant to 242.] Canvas, 47 inches by 30 inches. Sale. (Supplementary) Utrecht, June 27, 1825, No. 153 (200 florins, with pendant). 244. THEODOOR WICKENBURG (died 1655), Preacher of Haarlem. M. 85. Half-length. He sits, turning three-quarters left, and looks at the spectator. His right hand is at his breast. He has a moustache and beard. He wears a dark costume with a small ruff and a cap. Very expressive and broadly handled. Paper on canvas, I2| inches by 10 inches. See Moes, leonographia Batava, No. 9036. Engraved by J. Suyderhoef. Exhibited at Berlin, 1890, No. 80, and 1906, No. 54. In the collection of Berthold Richter, Berlin. 245. JACOBUS ZAFFIUS (1534-1618), Proctor for the Arch- bishop in Haarlem. M. 86. Half-length. He sits at a table, turned three-quarters right, and looks to the right past the spectator. His left hand rests on a skull ; his right makes a gesture as if he were speaking. His right arm rests on the arm of the chair. He has a white moustache and beard. He wears a cap and a fur cloak over dark clothes. At top to the right is a coat-of-arms, with a goat jumping to the right, and below it the inscription, "j*ETA 84, obiit 1618."
