2527. CHARLES MORDAUNT, EARL OF MONMOUTH.
Juan Giacchinetti Gonzalez (Spanish: 1630-1696).
A portrait-painter, who was a great admirer of Titian and a diligent copyist of his works. He was the son of a Burgundian jeweller settled at Madrid, and he was born in that city. He removed to Italy, where he was called, from his skill in portraiture, Il Borgognone dalle teste (the Burgundian of the heads). He practised his art in Brescia and Bergamo, and died in the latter city.
2528. THE MAN WITH THE GLOVE.
Frans Hals (Dutch: 1580-1666). See 1021.
An excellent example of the "irresistible verve" which Hals brings to his portraits, especially to those of men: see under 1021. To what is there said, it may be interesting to add the opinion of Sir Joshua Reynolds. "In the work of Frank Hals, the portrait-painter may observe the composition of a face, the features well put together, as the painters express it; from whence proceeds that strong-marked character of individual nature, which is so remarkable in his portraits, and is not found in an equal degree in any other painter. If he had joined to this most difficult part of the art, a patience in finishing what he had so correctly planned, he might justly have claimed the place which Vandyck, all things considered, so justly holds as the first of portrait-painters" (Sixth Discourse).
2529. THE LADY WITH THE FAN.
Frans Hals (Dutch: 1580-1666). See 1021.
2530. PORTRAIT OF A LADY.
Cornelis Janssens (Dutch: 1594-1664). See 1320.