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i JAN STEEN 211 young girl holds the swordsman fast. Beside the hearth a stout man smokes his pipe and laughs ; two other men are drinking. On the left two men fight with fists ; a fiddler is playing. On the ground lie a backgammon board and men, broken pots, oyster-shells, and other things. It is broadly painted in the style of Metsu, and lifelike in expression. Canvas, i8| inches by 33^ inches. Sales. L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, August 7, 1811 (365 florins, De Vries) ; April 8, 1816, No. 103 (371 florins, Hulswit) ; April 19, 1819, No. 89 (30 florins, Gruyter). 779. A Peasant Brawl. In the foreground of a barn peasants are quarrelling. At the left-hand side a man comes down a staircase ; near it is a group of spectators. Panel, 15 inches by 19! inches. Sale. D. Versteegh, Amsterdam, November 3, 1823 (311 florins, Hulswit). 780. A Peasant Brawl. In front of a cottage a peasant and a soldier are fighting. One is held fast by a woman. Behind them is a peasant with a stick. Near them is an overturned table. Panel, 14 inches by n inches. Sates. Kien van Citters, Amsterdam, August 21, 1798, No. 91 (18 florins, Van der Vinne). J. Roelofs, Amsterdam, March 8, 1824, No. 141 (91 florins, Lammers). 7800. Peasants Quarrelling. In front of a house two men are fighting. Several persons are near them. Panel, 20 inches by 16 inches. Sale. P. de Heere de Holy, Rotterdam, August 31, 1824, No. 24 (123 florins, Magien). 781. A Woman fetching her Husband from the Tavern. The host runs after him with a glass of wine. Panel, 29 inches by 26 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, April 26, 1830, No. 61 (153 florins, Lamme). 782. Peasants Quarrelling. Sm. Suppl. 18 ; and see W. 378. Twelve persons are assembled in a tavern. A woman is struggling on the ground with a drunkard, who strikes at her with a jug. A savage- looking man draws his sword. In the midst of the confusion a fiddler, mounted on a table, calmly continues to play. A stout old man sits in the chimney-corner smoking his pipe. Canvas, 24 inches by 31 inches (about). Formerly in the possession of the dealer Dubois, Paris, 1835 (priced at jioo). 783. PEASANTS FIGHTING. A peasant has been thrown to the ground by his wife and is beaten by her and two others. High up on the right a woman is rejoicing over the affair ; to the left is a girl. In