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 78 FRANS HALS SECT. In the first supplement to the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 1070. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 212. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 217. 267. PORTRAIT OF A MAN. B. 103 ; M. 173. Half-length; a fourth of life size. His figure is almost in profile to the right ; his head is turned three-quarters right. He looks at the spectator. Both hands are just visible ; the right hand is on his breast. He has a reddish moustache and pointed beard, and fair curls. He wears a broad-brimmed black hat of soft felt and a black silk costume with a close-fitting white collar and wrist- bands. Painted about 1650. Very much laboured in style. The light and shade are emphasised more strongly than in the pendant (266). Panel, 12 inches by 9 inches. In the first supplement to the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 1071. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 213. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 218. 268. PORTRAIT OF A MAN SEATED. B. 101 ; M. 174. Half-length. He is turned three-quarters right, but his head is seen almost in full face ; he looks with a smile at the spectator. His right elbow rests on the arm of his chair ; the right hand, which is alone visible, hangs down. He wears a broad-brimmed black hat of soft felt and a black satin costume with a close-fitting white collar and a small white wristband on his right hand. Behind him is a grey wall ; to the right is a bit of greyish-blue sky. Of the last period. Signed in the left centre with the monogram ; canvas, 31 J inches by 26 inches. A copy is in the possession of an English dealer. In the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 833. In the Kassel Gallery, 1903 catalogue, No. 219. 269. Portrait of a Boy. M. 130. Somewhat hard, but quite possibly by F. Hals. Dated, "Act. 15 1634"; panel. In the Amalienstift, Dessau, 1877 catalogue, No. 574. 270. PORTRAIT OF A MAN STANDING. M. 119. Almost three-quarter-length, to the middle of the thigh. He is seen in full face, with his head three-quarters right, and looks at the spectator. His left hand, which is alone visible, holds his tall black hat. He wears a silk doublet under a coat of figured black velvet, a cloak hanging from his left shoulder over the left forearm, a white lace collar and thin white wrist- bands. At top to the right hangs his coat-of-arms, per pale, gules a lion, and azure three hooks. Inscribed under the coat-of-arms, "JET ATI SVJE 1619"; canvas, 37 inches by 29 inches. Acquired for Dijon in 1899 from Louis Chenat. In the Dijon Museum. 271. PORTRAIT OF A MAN SEATED. B. 105; M. 169. Half-length. He is turned three-quarters right, and looks at the