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x FRANS HALS 33 In the possession of the London dealers Lawrie. In the collection of the late C. T. Yerkes, New York, 1904 catalogue, No. 38. 119. THE GIPSY GIRL. B. 41 ; M. 263. Half-length ; life size. A laughing gipsy girl, seen almost in full face, looks down towards the right. Her brown hair falls on her shoulders. She wears a red bodice over a white chemise which exposes her breast. Yellow flesh-tones. A superb picture. 23 inches by 2o| inches. Sale. Marquis de Menars, end of February 1782 (301 francs). In the Remy collection. In the La Caze collection. In the Louvre, Paris ; La Caze collection, 1902 catalogue, No. 2384. 120. HEAD OF A GIRL. In profile to the right. -The hair is done in a plait and fastened up. Signed on the right with the monogram ; oval panel ; the grain of the wood runs diagonally. In the collection of P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia. i2o#. An Old Woman warming herself at a Charcoal Pan. Mentioned in the inventory of the goods of Nicolaes van Assendelft, 1748 according to a note by A. Bredius. 1 2ob. A Peasant Girl. With a red ribbon round her neck. Panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 195 ; but not now in the Kassel Gallery. 121. A Girl. She sits on a chair, holding an earthenware jug with two hands on her lap. Panel, 18 inches by 14 inches. Sales. Huybert Ketelaar, Amsterdam, June 19, 1776 (15 florins 5, Quinkhart). J. H. guinkhart and J. Koller, Amsterdam, December 19, 1798, No. 39 (6 florins, Coders). 12 la. A Woman seated, holding a Jug. 28 inches by 25 inches. Sale. Van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 58 (5 florins 5). i2ib. A Woman seated, winding Yarn. Panel, 13 inches by n inches. Sa/e.W. Rijers, Amsterdam, September 21, 1814, No. 47 (4 florins 25, Pakker). i2ic. A Woman selling Fruit She is weighing out fruit. On tables and in baskets farther back is a variety of fruit. Said to be by Frans Hals and P. Gijsels. Masterly in treatment. Yet Gijsels cannot possibly have worked with Frans Hals. Canvas, 24 inches by 29^ inches. VOL. Ill