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 ix FRANS HALS 57 In the possession of the Paris dealers Bourgeois. In the collection of Prince Demidoff, San Donate. In the possession of the Paris dealers Bourgeois. In the collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris. In the collection of Rodolphe Kann, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer, Durand Ruel. In the collection of P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia. 182. Hugo de Groot (1583-1645), the Statesman. He sits on a chair facing the spectator. His pose and the apparent movement of his left hand suggest that he is conversing with some one. The name of Hugo de Groot was given to the sitter in the Ketelaar sale catalogue, in addition to a verse under an otherwise unknown engraving by Th. Matham after this picture. Panel, 8 inches by 7^ inches. Engraved by Th. Matham. Sale. Huybert Ketelaar, Amsterdam, June 19, 1776, No. 70 (24 florins 5, Spaan). 183. Cornells Guldewagen (who died in 1663), Burgomaster of Haarlem in 1642. M. 36. Half-length. A man of sixty with moustache and imperial, seated, facing the spectator. He is in black with a white collar and wristbands, and wears a black cap. His bare right hand is on his breast. His gloved left hand holds the other glove. Probably a small picture, painted between 1655 and 1660. Described from a water-colour copy by C. van Noorden in the Haarlem archives, which occurred in the sale Ekama of Haarlem, Amsterdam, April 8, 1891. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 2994. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871. Then in the Schwabe collection, London. 184. The Wife of Frans Hals. Mentioned in an Amsterdam inventory of 1669 noted by A. Bredius. 184*. Head of the Painter's Wife. Mentioned in the inventory of the estate of J. van de Cappelle, dated January 4, 1680 ; see Qud Holland, x. (1892), p. 34, No. 76. 185. HARMEN HALS (?). M. 39. Half-length. The figure is turned to the right ; the head is three-quarters right. He looks at the spectator. He has a slight moustache and long black curls. He wears a broad-brimmed black hat, a black costume with a close-fitting white collar, and a black cloak. His right hand is on his hip ; his left grasps his sword- hilt. On the wall to the right hangs a palette. Grey background. Signed with the monogram, and inscribed, "AETA 32, 1644 '; canvas, 32! inches by 25^ inches. See Moes, Iconographia Batava, No. 3140. S^.Prince Demidoff, San Donate, March 15, 1880, No. 1105. Presented by Charles L. Hutchinson, 1894, to the Chicago Institute. In the Chicago Art Institute, 1907 catalogue, No. 13.