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1 86 JAN STEEN SECT. 704*. The Interior of a Tavern. 3 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Hertogenbosch, May 17, 1882, No 21. 704^. The old Gallant. Three persons are in an interior. An old man enters and pays his compliments to the persons who sit round a table. Signed with a monogram ; canvas, 14 inches by n inches. Sale. H. W. Richardt, Rotterdam, October 26, 1882, No. 56. [Compare 6970 704^. A Man drinking. W. 52. A man dressed in brown and seen in profile drains a glass. A woman in a grey jacket seated behind him seems to warn him against intemperance. On a stone bench are a dish and a white garment with a floral pattern. 9! inches by 8 inches. Formerly in the collection of L. C. van Ypen, Rotterdam, but not in the sale of April 7, 1884. 705. A Young Man pouring out Wine. It is a half-length figure. The man wears a red doublet and pours the wine from a tankard into a cup. The background is dark. It is painted in the style of a miniature. Signed in full in the bottom left-hand corner ; 5 inches by 4 inches. Sale. Heymel, Berlin, November 5, 1889, No. 108. 706. A Tavern Scene. Several peasants sit or stand about a homely room. They drink and converse vivaciously. In the left foreground is an old beggar-woman ; in the background beside a cask is a peasant asleep. Panel, i6| inches by 20 inches. Sale. L. von Lilienthal and others, Cologne, December 21, 1893, No. 386. 707. An Interior with Four Men. They sit round a cask, smoking and drinking. A man sits on the floor beside the fire at the back. Canvas, 19^ inches by 18 inches. Sale. Wyl von Wymetal and others, Cologne, June 14, 1895, No. 226. 707*7. The Old Couple. An old man sits at a table, reading a document ; an old woman holding a jug leans towards him and listens attentively. Panel, 7 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Stiels and others, Cologne, May 24, 1897. 708. A TAVERN SCENE. Sm. 30; W. 345. Four persons are at a table near a window, through which are seen trees. Two peasants, one with a felt hat and the other with a red cap, are seated ; a third man embraces a maid-servant who is pouring out beer for him. In the right foreground is a dog. The picture is in a bad state of preservation. Signed in full in the centre ; panel, 14^ inches by 13 inches. Described by Blanc. [Engraved in the Choiseul collection, No. 13.] Sales. Due de Choiseul, Paris, April 6, 1772 (690 francs). Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (500 francs).