  Recent results from gravitational lensing are combined with new modeling of
the stellar velocity distributions in nearby galaxies to probe the connection
between the luminous and the dark matter in elliptical galaxies. From analysing
a small number of luminous ellipticals the following picture appears to emerge:
(1) the best fitting total mass distribution (luminous and dark) leads to a
flat rotation curve (v2=RdPhi/dR) from 0.3 to >= 3 effective radii; (2) half
the total mass inside the effective radius (~3kpc) may already be dark, and (3)
ellipticals reside in much denser halos than spiral galaxies of the same
stellar mass.
