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 ix FRANS HALS I3I foreground. Her right arm hangs down at her side ; in her left hand she holds a closed fan. She wears a dark dress, a white headdress with red ornaments, a thin white collar, and wristbands. Beside her to the right crouches a poodle. In the background to the left are trees, while in the right distance is a town. It is all painted in neutral grey tones, relieved only by the red of the riding-boots. Painted about 1 640. Canvas, 79 inches by 112 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1906, No. 102. In the possession of the Warde family since about 1750. In the collection of Colonel Warde, Squerries Court, Westerham, Kent ; sold to a Continental collection, October 1909 (for, it is said, 55,000). 44 1 a. A Family Portrait. Mentioned in the inventory of the estate of Gerrit van Hoogmade, who died at Leyden, 1682 noted by A. Bredius. 442. Portrait of a Man and a Woman. Very loosely painted. 41 inches by 30 inches. Sale, Johan Balthasar Krauht and others, The Hague, October 7, 1771, No. 208 (40 florins, Meusche). 443. A Group of Four Figures. In a garden in front of a house a man sits to the left on a stone bench beside a comely woman. On the right stand another young man and a young lady. All are very richly dressed, and appear to be members of a family of position. Canvas, 23 inches by 28 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingelandt, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 167 (125 florins, Delfos). 444. A Family portrait. Father, mother, and several children. Canvas, 63 inches ^by 68 inches. Sale. J. A. Bennet, Leyden, April 10, 1829, No. 57 (45 florins, bought in). 445. A Corporation-Piece. With twenty-seven life-sized figures, showing the hands. Dated 1636 ; canvas, 72 inches by 124^ inches. Sale. L. Casterman and others, Antwerp, July 19, 1858, No. 69. 446. Portrait of Two People of Rank on One Panel. This double portrait is related to the guild portraits at Haarlem. Sale. Ant. Sils, Antwerp, March 21, 1882, No. 191. 446*. A Head. Mentioned in O breeds Archiv, iv. 135. On July 28, 1663, Johan de Baen sent a head by Frans Hals to the sale- room of The Hague " Confrerie " ; he sold it in 1669 to Bernouts. 446^. A Head. Mentioned on December 7, 1677, among pictures whose loss Pieter van Poelgeest of Leyden was to make good noted by A. Bredius.