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i JAN STEEN 105 398. An Interior. Canvas, 33 inches by 40 inches. Exhibited at Brussels, 1882, No. 233. In the collection of the Comte Ferdinand d'Oultremont, Brussels. 399. The Good Meat. 12 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Buckens, Antwerp, April 9, 1889, No. 105. 400. Four Persons playing with a Cat. A girl holds the cat ; a man seated to the right pulls its tail ; an old peasant blows tobacco-smoke into its face. Through a window on the left is seen a landscape. Signed on the window-ledge; panel, 22 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Hopken-Melenberg and others, Berlin, May 6, 1892, No. 55. 401. A Woman with a Cat. 9! inches by 7^ inches. Sale. London, June 12, 1899, No. 99. [Compare also the scenes with cats among the pictures of children, 314- 3I9-] 402. The Welcome Visit. Panel, 10 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Wasinski and others, Frankfort-on-the-Main, May 20, 1901, No. 168. 403-404. The Mennonite Sisters ; and a Pendant. W. 480. Of his very best period. 17 inches by 15 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, March 6, 1708, Nos. 21 and 22 (170 florins). Van Zwieten, The Hague, April 12, 1741, No. 204 (45 florins). 405. THE WOMAN PLAYING A LUTE. She wears a yellow dress and a black mantle with blue sleeves, and sits near a table covered with a Turkish carpet. A young man, who looks at her dreamily, leans his arm on the table. Behind them the housewife pours out wine from a jug into a glass. On the wall hangs a picture of Bacchus, of the school of Rubens. It is a very fine work, but has been damaged, and therefore is no longer so attractive as it was originally. Now in the Von Liphart collection, Rathshof, near Dorpat. 406. THE DUET. A young woman is playing on a harpsichord, while a man beside her plays a violin. Near the harpsichord is a little child. It is genuine, but completely ruined. The catalogue states that it is not an original work. Signed in full on the right ; panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Sale. Maria Beukelaar and Antony de Waart, The Hague, April 19, 1752, No. 126 (12 florins). Now in the Dublin National Gallery, 1898 catalogue, No. 284; acquired in 1890. 407. THE MUSIC PARTY. A well-dressed man, seated on a