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Mr. H. C. F. No. 2.

placed on the left upon the back of a chair, engraved by Neefs. 330. Page 96. Portrait of the Wife of Francis Snyders, a lady of fair complexion, represented in a three-quarter view, with the head inclining downward; her dark hair is nearly concealed by a close white cap, and a broad full ruff adorns the neck. Now in the collection of Earl Warwick.

        An admirably finished study of the bust of the pre-

ceding portrait is in the Collection of the Honorable G. J. Vernon. 1 ft. 8 in. by 1 ft. 5 in. C.

        Extract from the Life and Work of Antoine Van Dyck by

Jules Guiffrey, page 112.

        "Also the portrait of Francois Snyders, without speaking

of his etched head one of the most pure jewels of art, was considered amongst the best canvases of Van Dyck at the Ex- position at manchester in 1857, according to the testimony of the best judges that work of Antoine that eclipsed all others without exception even the large paintings apart and the celebrated equestrian effegy of Charles I was the portrait of Snyders belonging to the Count of Carlisle. One should read the enthusiastic description by W. Burger. The closest critics do not hesitate to place this canvas alongside of the production of the greatest genius, and to place it among the marvels of painting. Near this Chef d'oevre was placed the wife of Snyders, yet a superb portrait, little inferior to a degree to that of the Master Franz. These two noble effigies being formerly in France in the gallery of d'Orlean having possessed both. They are never lost to us.