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 xix GODFRIED SCHALCKEN 407 345. Portrait of a Gentleman of Rank. He stands at a table with a cover. At his right stands a negro boy, holding a boar's head. Unusually good and finely rendered. [Possibly a genre-piece, to judge from the description. Pendant to 373^.] Canvas, 22 inches by 17^ inches. Sale. P. van Arnhcm, Groningen, September 24, 1868, No. 283. 3450. Portrait of a Man. Canvas, 19! inches by 16 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, January 26, 1869, No. 145. 346. Portrait of a Man. It is uncertain whether two or more of the following were identical : Sales. The Hague, May 3, 1729 (Terw. 6), No. 66 (23 florins 10) ; especially good. W. van Haansbergen, The Hague, June 19, 1755, No. 47 (6 florins 15) ; a head. Amsterdam, September 23, 1761, No. 36 (i florin) ; a youth, Schalcken's model. L. de Moni, Leyden, April 13, 1772, No. 102 (i florin 4, De Moni) ; good. Van der Aa and Tendall, The Hague, July 25, 1809, No. 177 (li florins 10, together, Van Eyk) ; two half-lengths on panel, one oval and the other rectangular. Amsterdam, July 16, 1819, No. 154 (8 florins, Roos) ; half-length, richly dressed, finely rendered. J. Smies, J. H. Knoop, and others, Amsterdam, February 24, 1834, No. 1 1 6 ; standing in a courtyard ; very finely rendered. Pfeiffer and Dupree, Amsterdam, April II, 1836, No. 234 (i florin 50, with No. 233 of the sale, Verhoef). Amsterdam, May 6, 1845, No. 201 (6 florins, with pendant, 373, G. de Vries). In the collection of the Earl of Hardwicke, Wimpole, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 519); half-length, life size; "of truthful and lively conception and painted in clear but not powerful tones" (Waagen) ; pendant to 373^. Sales. D, Paris, April 3, 1869, No. 54 (28 francs); dating from about 1700. Etienne, Caen, July 27, 1869, No. 6 ; a young nobleman ; panel. 347. Portrait of a Gentleman seated in a Park. Three- quarter length, turned three-quarters right. His right hand is on his breast. He leans on a stone relief. He wears a large fair curled wig, a silk cloak richly embroidered with gold, and a purple velvet sash. Copper, i6| inches by 13 inches. Sale. G. Mailand, Paris, May 2, 1881, No. 117. 348. Portrait of a Gentleman. Almost in profile, with his right hand resting on a window-sill. He wears a black cap, shading part of his face. Panel, 25 inches by 2i| inches. Sale. L. Flameng, Paris, April 14, 1882, No. 67.