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74 FRANS HALS SECT. from the same collection, but it is probably not a pendant of this. Bode's suggestion (B. 47) that a woman's portrait formed a pendant to this is not proved ; the Lavalard collection included only three portraits by F. Hals all of men. Mentioned by A. Bredius, Oud Holland, xix. (1901), p. n. Exhibited at the Palais du Corps Legislatif, Paris, 1874. In the collection of Lavalard de Roye, Paris. In the Amiens Museum, Lavalard de Roye bequest, 1899 catalogue, No. 95. 250. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. He wears a broad-brimmed hat. His eyes are half-closed, and his features are of a common type. He has long black hair, a moustache and a small beard. He is in black with a broad close-fitting collar. It is ascribed to Frans Hals the younger, but is good enough to be the father's work. Panel, 23 inches by 18 inches. In the collection of Lavalard de Roye, Paris. In the Amiens Museum, Lavalard de Roye bequest, 1899 catalogue, No. 97. 251. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN. B. 136 ; M. 151. Half-length. Painted about 1655. In the Cartwright collection, Aynhoe Park. 252. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. B. 86; M. 123. Half-length; in a painted oval. He is seen in full face, with his head slightly inclined to the right, and looks at the spectator. His left hand, showing the palm, makes a gesture as if he were speaking ; the right hand is not seen. He has a moustache and a pointed beard. He is dressed in dark purple silk, with a black cloak thrown over the left arm and round the body, and a high white collar. Light-grey background. Dated 1627 at top to the right ; copper, "] inches by 5^ inches. In the Reimer collection, Berlin ; bought for the Museum in 1843. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 766. 253. PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN. B. 83; M. in. Half-length. He is turned three-quarters right, but looks at the spectator. He holds his left hand clenched to his breast ; his right forearm seems to rest on the arm of a chair that is not shown. He has a slight moustache. He wears a big broad-brimmed hat, a black coat slashed with white on the right sleeve, a close-fitting white ruff, and white wristbands. Light-grey background. Painted about 1625 ; enlarged at foot and on both sides. [Pendant to 367.] Canvas, 30 inches by 23 inches. A copy, purporting to be a portrait of Count Falkenstein, is in the Bartlett collection, Boston, U.S.A. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 800 ; acquired in 1840. 254. PORTRAIT OF AN ELDERLY MAN. B.88; M. 164. Three-quarter-length, facing right. He wears a black velvet coat and