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j JAN STEEN 181 691. A Tavern Scene. W. 458. A woman is smoking. Near her is a basket full of things. A man is cutting tobacco. Behind them another person is writing up the score. Panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Sales. J. Alenzoon, Leyden, May 10, 1774. D. de Jongh, Rotterdam, March 26, 1810, No. 38 (74 florins). 691*7. A Peasant. The figure is seen to the knees, and holds a glass. Signed "J. Steen." Sale. Antwerp, August 21, 1810, No. 18. 692. A Peasant smoking. In a cottage room, with various acces series, a peasant sits on a bench by the fireside and blows out a cloud of smoke. He has a pipe in one hand and a beer-jug in the other. Panel, 7 inches by 5 inches. Sales. A. van der Werff van Zuidland, Dordrecht, July 31, 1811, No. 100. H. van der Werff, Rotterdam, April 19, 1816, No. 24 (16 florins, Bain). (Probably) Van der Oudermeulen and others, Amsterdam, April n, 1904, No. 1003, measuring 6 inches by 5^ inches. 692*7. A Woman smoking. She holds a tankard. Behind her is a man filling his pipe. Panel, 10 inches by 7 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 17, 1818, No. 62 (126 florins, Brondgeest). 692^. A Man and a Woman conversing. In the middle distance a peasant leans on a table asleep. It is most spirited in expression. Canvas, 18 inches by 10 inches. Sale. C. S. Roos, Amsterdam, August 28, 1820, No. 105 (115 florins, Van der Berg). 693. A Scene before an Inn. A man takes a glass of wine from a woman. A cat is asleep on the steps. Panel, n inches by 9 inches. Sale. H. A. Bauer and others, Amsterdam, September II, 1820, No. 123 (8 florins 15, Van der Berg). 693*7. A Barn. A peasant sits and drinks a glass of beer. Sale. Delft, August 15, 1821, No. 147. 693^. A Merry Composition with Three Figures. Panel, 9 inches by 8 inches. Sale. A. Meynts, Amsterdam, July 15, 1823, No. 122 (65 T florins, Heris).^ 693*:. A Man and a Woman. Panel, 8 inches by loj inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. 239 (18 florins). 693^. The Conversation. Canvas, n| inches by 9 inches. Sale. (Supplementary) Baron de Castell, Hamburg, July 21, 1824, No. 330.