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ix FRANS HALS 83 Inscribed, " Aetat svae 51 (and under this) Anno 1639" ; canvas 45 inches by 36 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1879, No. 71, and 1888, No. 146 ; the 1888 catalogue reads the man's age as fifty-two (?) Sale.S. H. de Zoete, London, 1885 (1008, Lesser). Bought from Lesser by Vicary Gibbs. In the collection of Anthony Gibbs. In the possession of Sir G. Donaldson, London. In the collection of Sir J. B. Robinson, London. 289. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. M. 159 and 1 60. Half-length, facing left. He has a moustache and whiskers. His right -hand is pressed on his hip ; his left hand holds his gloves. He is in black, with a close- fitting flat collar, and wears a big black hat. He has dark eyes. The flesh tones are grey. Painted between 1640 and 1650. Canvas, 31 inches by 26 inches. Sale. Cholmondeley and others, London, February i, 1902, No. 40 (.3780, T. Agnew and Sons). In the collection of the late George Salting, London ; bequeathed to the national collections, 1909. 290. PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN. Half-length. He looks about fifty years of age. He is turned three-quarters right, and inclines his head to the front. He looks at the spectator. He has a moustache, closely-cropped whiskers, and an imperial. He is in black, with a plain white collar, and wears a broad-brimmed black felt hat. His left hand, grasping a book, is at his breast ; the other is not shown. Canvas, 26 inches by 19! inches. In the collection of J. Simon, Berlin. Sale. Berlin, March 20, 1900, No. 65. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the possession of the London dealer Sulley. 291. THE LAUGHING CAVALIER. B. 141 j M. 120. Half-length. He is turned three-quarters left, and looks direct at the spectator. He rests his left hand on his hip. He has curly hair, a moustache, and a slight beard. He wears a large broad-brimmed black hat, a red coat, richly embroidered in white and yellow and slashed with white on the left sleeve and in the front, bright-red cuffs, a black silk sash round the waist, a broad lace collar, and ruffles. Grey background. Signed with the monogram, and inscribed," JET A. SV^E 26 A 1624 " ; panel, 33 inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1888, No. 75. Sales. J. H. van Heemskerk, The Hague, March 29, 1776, No. 44 (180 florins, Locquet). On canvas or panel, measuring 32 inches by 26 inches. P. Locquet, Amsterdam, September 22, 1783, No. 129 (247 florins, Fouquet). Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June u, 1800, No. 64 (300 florins, Achtienhoven). Bought by the Comte de Pourtales from M. Nieuwenhuys G8o).