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 446 GERARD DOU SECT. Sales. Van Sluypwijk-Moens, Amsterdam, April 20, 1803, No. 21 (1600 florins, Spaan). H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 38 (580 florins, De Vries). In the Van de'Poll collection, 1880. Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ; Van de Poll bequest, 1905 catalogue, No. 792 (old No. 280). 323. Portrait of an Officer. A full-length, facing the spectator. The officer rests his right hand on his hip, his left on a halbert. He wears a greenish-grey costume. In front of him is a still-life group of weapons a sword, trumpet, shield, helmet, and cuirass. On the left is a banner with the arms of Leyden. Panel, 24^ inches by 2o inches. In the Nicholson collection. Sale. Paris (date unknown), No. 12. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, and of the Amsterdam dealer Goudstiker. Now in the collection of Gustav von Hoschek, Prague. 324. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. Sm. 132 and Suppl. 74 ; M. 144. A three-quarter length. The sitter is turned three-quarters right. He is dressed in black, and sits leaning his right arm on a table covered with a purple cloth. His left hand rests on his hat, which lies on his left knee. Behind him is a pillar. The background is grey. It is very delicately rendered, partly, as in the hair, with a thin fluid style of brush- work ; it is in the best condition. [Pendant to 363.] Signed in full on the back of the chair ; panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches, oval. Sale. Roothaan, Amsterdam, March 29, 1826, No. 26 (2120 florins, with pendant, Roos). Now in the Steengracht collection, The Hague, where it was in 1829 (Sm.). 325. Portrait of a Man. A half-length of a man in armour facing right. Said to represent Prince Rupert. Panel, 7^ inches by 5^ inches, oval. Catalogued as of the Dutch school of the seventeenth century. Bredius thinks that it may be an over-cleaned work of Dou's. Now in the Hanover Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 1162 (old No. 193). 326. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. Sm. Suppl. 33; M. 145. A young fair-haired man with a moustache and pointed beard faces three- quarters right, but looks round at the spectator. He holds a glove in his left hand. He wears a black hat, a black coat with a broad soft lace collar, and a sword belt adorned with gold lace. A half-length. It is a fine portrait. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches ; an oval, let into a rectangular panel by the painter himself; the corners are coloured a brownish yellow. In the Baudouin collection. Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 914 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.).