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 34 FRANS HALS SECT. S^j.Amsterdam, August 6, 1810, No. 41 (50 florins, Roos). E. M. Engelberts, Amsterdam, August 25, 1817, No. 33 (47 florins, Woodburn). id. A Merry Old Woman. She holds a tub on her lap. Broad and vigorous, of the best period. Canvas, 35 inches by 28 inches. Sale. C. Buys, Amsterdam, April 4, 1827, No. 28 (20 florins). 121 e. An Old Woman with a Cat. Panel, 30 inches by 24 inches. Sale. O. Reijers, Arnhem, August 6, 1827, No. 42 (7 florins 25, A. Prins). 1 2 if. A Lady playing the Lute. Panel, 14 inches by n inches. Sale. Count Samuel von Festetits, Vienna, April n, 1859, No. 146. 122. A Middle-Aged Woman laughing. Signed with the monogram ; copper, 7^ inches by 6 inches. Exhibited at Diisseldorf, 1886, No. 135. Then in the collection of H. Aschenbroich, Diisseldorr. 122*. A Woman reading. M. 275. In the Schloss Banzin, Mecklenburg, 1894, according to Moes. 123. A Laughing Girl. Half-length, facing left. She wears a white cap and a white scarf. [Pendant to 95.] Known only through its representation in Jan Steen's picture (No. 446) at Berlin, with "The Merry Toper" at Kassel (see Vol. I.). 124. HEAD OF A LAUGHING BOY. B. 94; M. 228. He is seen almost in full face, but turned a little to the left. He looks straight at the spectator. His body is inclined to the left. His long hair falls on his shoulders. In his right hand is a flute. Behind him to the left is the head of another boy. Circular. A repetition (132) was in the Niesewand sale. In the collection of L. Knaus, Berlin. 125. A LAUGHING BOY WITH A BEER-JUG. B. 29; M. 227. He is in green, with a particoloured cap. He smiles down into an earthenware beer-jug. Behind him to the left is another laughing boy. Signed on the right on the background, F. H. A similar picture, smaller in size, is in the Mesdag collection, The Hague. In the Hofje van Aarden, Leerdam. I2$aa. A School. Mentioned in the catalogue of P. P. Rubens' collection, intended to be sold by auction at Antwerp, May 1641, No. 314 ; see Sm. Suppl. p. 365. 125*7. A Picture of Two Boys. Signed ; copper.