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 576 CAREL FABRITIUS SECT. Described by Havard, iv. p. 43, etc. ; and by W. Burger, Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1865, p. 8 1. Formerly in the Boymans collection, Utrecht. Now in the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1892 catalogue, No. 74. 10. HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A SOLDIER. The soldier wears over a brown costume a yellowish-grey cloak fastened by a clasp on the left shoulder, a cuirass, a broad pleated collar, and a steel helmet. His hair, moustache, and beard are black. He is placed in front of a white background like "The Goldfinch " in the Mauritshuis (16) and the soldier in the picture at Schwerin (5). In the upper left-hand corner is lightly sketched a bracket, which to judge from the line of shadow supports an arch. From the same direction a strong light falls on the soldier's face ; his forehead is overshadowed by the helmet. It is broadly painted, and full of light and vigour. Panel, 14 inches by 1 1 inches. In the collection of P. von Delarof, St. Petersburg. 11. Portrait of C. Fabritius. [Compare Oud Holland^ 1890, pp. 228-9.] Inventory of Catharina Scharckens, widow of Cornelis Smout, Amsterdam, December 7, 1654. 12. Portrait of the Painter Van der Vin and his Wife. Part of the estate of Pieter van der Vin, Delft, May 14, 1655. i2#. A large Picture with some Portraits. Possibly by Bern- hard Fabritius. Inventory of the widow Nicolaes Duysentdaelders, Amsterdam, August 27, 1664. 13. Portrait of Simon Decker (who was killed in 1654). Unfinished. Mentioned by Bleijswijck, Besehryving van Delft, 852 (1667). Compare Moes, Iconographia Batava, 1916. 14. A large Picture with Three Figures. Sale. Dr. Martinus Birrius, Delft, 1668, to an unknown purchaser. 15- A Family Group. The husband comes down some steps and gives his left hand to his wife, beside whom is a girl. A son sits reading at a table to the right of the steps. On the table, which is covered with a red cloth, are a skull and a large book on anatomy, which is propped up against the marble top of a fountain. From this fountain comes a jet of water which a youth, seated in the centre, catches in a basin. To the left are two little girls. Through the pillars at the back are seen a garden and a fine house. Signed CARO FABRITIUS 1648"; canvas, 64 inches by 94 J inches.