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 330 GABRIEL METSU SECT. 236. A SUPPOSED PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL COR- NELIS TROMP. Sm. 81. A half-length, life-size. He wears a red uniform, trimmed with lace, a narrow, limp collar, a sword at his side, and a hat with turned-up brim. He holds a staff in his gloved right hand, and rests his left hand on his hip. The background is dark. The attribu- tion to Metsu seems speculative, but a definite opinion cannot be formed because the picture is badly hung. Canvas, 37 inches by 30 inches. Purchased at the sale of the Prince of Monaco. In the Musee Napoleon. Now in the Louvre, 1900 catalogue, No. 2464 ; where it was in 1833 (Sm.). 237. The Young Prince of Orange. Sm. 71. He is elegantly dressed and rides a fine black charger. He is followed by two of his suite, one on a speckled grey, the other on a bay. Canvas, 36 inches by 35 inches. Sale. General Verdier, Paris, 1816 (5000 francs). 237^. A Supposed Miniature Portrait of H. Boerhaave. [Note. Boerhaave was born the year after Metsu died.] Oval, on copper. Sale. Jonlcheer V. L. Vegilin van Claerbergen, Leeuwarden, April 6, 1846. 238. A PORTRAIT OF A BOY, SAID TO BE JAMES II. OF ENGLAND. A half-length, turned three-quarters to the left, with the head facing the spectator. The hair is a chestnut brown. The boy wears a grey vest with puffed sleeves and a collar. The attribution is possible, but very uncertain. A miniature in silver, oval, 3! inches by 2| inches. Sale. Kums, Antwerp, May 17, 1898, No. 116. Now in the gallery of Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp. 239. A Portrait of the Catholic Pastor Simon Kleyn. Cele- brated by Jan Vos in a poem ; see " Alle de Gedichten," Amsterdam, 1726, vol. i. p. 305. Compare Moes, Iconographia Hatava, 4.212. 240. A Portrait of Michael Nostradamus. Sm. 101. He sits at a table mending a pen. Panel, 15^ inches by n inches. Described from the print by C. H. de Mechel. 241. The Inquisitive Aagie (Agatha) van Enkhuizen. 22| inches high ; the width not stated. Sale. Herman Schuurman, Rotterdam, April 2, 1739, No. 2 (400 florins). 242. A Portrait of a Lady of the Heldewier Family. A woman of forty-five, facing the spectator, and seen at half-length. Her black hair is plaited at the back ; she wears earrings and is dressed in black. Panel, 16 inches by i inches. Compare Moes, Iconographia Batava, 3374. Sale. De Burtin, Brussels, July 21, 1819, No. 102.