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 32 FRANS HALS SECT. which are two figures standing. To the left of them is the sail of a ship. The sky is covered with grey clouds. Three birds are flying. Signed on the tub with the monogram ; canvas, 32 inches by 26^ inches. An old copy was in the possession of a London dealer in 1908. Engraved by Gaujean. In the Oudry collection. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 302. 115. A LAUGHING WOMAN. B. 81 ; M. 262. Three- quarter-length, life size. A woman, seen in full face, sits on a chair. Her right forearm rests on the arm of the chair. She is in grey, with a white cap that allows a little hair to escape on the right and a white scarf. She looks at the spectator. This is not a portrait of Hille Bobbe, as the catalogue suggests, but represents a younger woman than the Berlin picture (108). It belongs to the same period, about 1650. The back- ground seems to have been completely repainted. Canvas, 28^ inches by 23^ inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer Warneck. In the Lille Museum, 1893 catalogue, No. 370 ; purchased in 1872. 116. PORTRAIT OF A FAIR GIRL. M. 234. Half-length. She has rosy cheeks, and is dressed in yellow. Her head is inclined slightly to the right, and she looks down. On her long fair curls is a broad-brimmed yellow straw hat. Brown background. It has been cut down on the right and left and later enlarged. 14 inches by 12 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1902, No. 203 ; and at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1904, No. 275. In the collection of H. J. Pfungst, London. In the collection of J. van Alen, Rushton Hall, Kettering. 117. A LAUGHING GIRL. B. 63. Half-length. She is turned to the left, and looks at the spectator. On her fair hair is a red cap j she is in black with a white collar and a white apron fastened by a silver chain. In her left hand she holds a pewter pot, from which she fills a glass held in her right. A building fills the background. Broad and loose in style. Though the signature reminds one strongly of Harmen Hals, the picture is too good for him. Signed above the right shoulder with a monogram, " FH AL," the last three letters being intertwined ; canvas, 30 inches by 24^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1903, No. 59. Sale. Mniszech, Paris, April 9, 1902, No. 128 (10,000 francs, Agnew). In the possession of the London dealers T. Agnew and Sons. In the possession of Sir G. Donaldson, London. 118. A GIRL SINGING FROM A BOOK. M. 238. [Pendant to 87.] Signed on the right with the monogram ; lozenge-shaped, measuring along each side 7^ inches and loj inches across.