1277. A MAN'S PORTRAIT.

Nicolas Maes (Dutch: 1632-1693). See 153.

Signed, and dated 1666. A singularly lifelike portrait of a singularly unattractive face.

1278. A CONVIVIAL PARTY.

Hendrik Gerritsz Pot (Dutch: about 1600-1656).

The picture is signed HP (on the side of the projecting chimney). Several pictures—chiefly conversation-pieces and portraits (including one of Charles I. in the Louvre)—bear these initials. They are supposed to belong to the above-named artist, of whom it is recorded that he visited England and made portraits of the king.

An ordinary scene of the kind, but there is a pleasant touch in the little dog who furtively licks the hand of its half-tipsy master.

1280. CHRIST APPEARING AFTER HIS RESURRECTION

Unknown (Early Flemish: 15th Century).