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 ix FRANS HALS 87 Mentioned in Les Arts, April 1909. Exhibited at the National Loan Exhibition, London, 1909, No. 37, by Messrs. Duveen. In the collection of Lord Arundell of Wardour. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of loo Paintings," 1895, No. 13. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. Bought by the London dealers Duveen, August 1909, with 304, 417, and other pictures and objects of art (for ^500,000). 304. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. B. 38 ; M. 95. Half-length ; in a painted oval. He faces three-quarters right, and looks at the spectator. His right hand is on his breast ; his left hand is half-gloved. He has curly grey hair and a slight moustache. He wears a broad-brimmed black hat, a black velvet coat, a cloak hanging from both shoulders, and a broad white collar. In the right-hand top corner is a coat-of-arms : or, three oxen's heads, sable. The same coat-of-arms occurs in the portraits of Balthasar, Isabella, and Joseph Coymans (168, 181, 169). [Pendant to 379. Also regarded, inaccurately, as a pendant to 417, which is smaller in size.] Signed on the right with the monogram, and inscribed, "^ETAT SV-flL 52 (and under this) AN 1644"; canvas, 33^ inches by 27^ inches. Mentioned in the Burlington Magazine, November 1909, vol. xvi. p. 109, where the sitter is identified as Joseph Coymans (see 169). Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 158 ; and at the National Loan Exhibition, London, 1909, No. 36, by Messrs. Duveen. Sale. Amsterdam, June 21, 1797, No. 90 (20 florins, with pendant, Aiman). Bought by James Carnegie in 1850 from the London dealer Forest, according to an inscription on the back. Sale. Lippmann von Lissingen of Vienna, Paris, March 16, 1876, No, 21. In the collection of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 49. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. Bought by the London dealers Duveen, August 1909, with 303, 417, and other pictures and objects of art (for ^500,000). 305. Portrait of a Nobleman. Half-length. He looks about thirty-five years of age. His figure is turned slightly to the left ; his head is seen in full face. He has brown hair, and a lighter brown moustache. He wears a black coat, with a white front and white silk pleated sleeves, with a lace collar. Grey background. Oval copper, 5 inches by 3^ inches. In the Schiff collection, Paris. In the collection of A. Beit, London. In the private collection of F. Kleinberger, Paris. 306. THE ITINERANT PAINTER. M. 40. Half-length ; life size. A young man, with his figure turned three-quarters right, and his head seen almost in full face, looks to the left, past the spectator. His