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160 JAN STEEN SECT. 610. A Merry Company in a Tavern. Several men and women sit at a well-furnished table. A fiddler stands on a bench ; a peasant man and woman dance to his music. At an open window in the foreground sits an old man who is jesting with a young peasant woman. Near them is a woman with a child. It is a spirited composition tenderly painted. Canvas, 41 inches by 55 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 20, 1810, No. 80 (127 florins, Van Yperen). 6ioa. A Cottage. With several persons in comic attitudes. It is well executed and full of character. Canvas, 19 inches by 23 inches. Sale. C. Stroo, Amsterdam, July 29, 1811, No. 52. biob. A Merry Company of Peasants. With accessories. Panel, 22 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Ph. van der Schley and Du Pre, Amsterdam, December 22, 1817, No. 1 08 (91 florins, Josi). 611. A Merry Company. In a cottage a drunken peasant sits playing the fiddle. Beside him sit a woman and two children, who are singing. Panel. Sale. L. van Oukerke, Haarlem, May 19, 1818, No. 32 (14 florins 10, Smart). 6iitf. Peasants jesting, eating, and drinking in an Interior. Panel, 14 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 16, 1819, No. 159 (710 florins, De Vries). 612. Peasants dancing. In a cottage numerous merry peasants sit at table ; a couple are dancing. A musician stands on a bench near a window ; in the foreground is a woman with two children. Canvas, 37 inches by 49 inches. Sale. C. S. Roos, Amsterdam, August 28, 1820, No. 106 (438 florins, De Vries). 612^. The Interior of a Tavern. Sm. 124; W. 373. With a variety of figures, full of humour. Sale. Varroc and La Fontaine, Paris, May 28, 1821 (86 : 2s., Phillips). 6 1 zb. A Feast. Sale. R. Bernal, London, 1824 (504). 613. Peasants dancing to the Tune of a Musician. Oval panel, 1 5 inches by 1 1 1 inches. Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 617 (760 florins). 614. An Interior with Peasants drinking. Life-size figures [but, according to the dimensions given, this is improbable ; compare 697^]. Canvas, 40^ inches by 52^ inches. Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 622 (200 florins).