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222 JAN STEEN SECT. arbour behind a cottage a girl sits on a bench. Beside her is her lover, dressed in black with a tall hat. In the right foreground is a jug on a cask. It is not in a good state of preservation. Canvas, 15 inches by 12 inches. A similar picture 13 inches by 1 1 inches was in the sale, J. P. Wierman, Amsterdam, August 18, 1762, No. 48 (35 florins). Sales. E. M. Engelberts and Tersteeg, Amsterdam, June 13, 1808, No. 143 (30 florins, Spaan) ; said to be on panel. C. Buys, Amsterdam, April 4, 1827, No. 50 (178 florins). A. H. H. van den Burgh of The Hague, Amsterdam, September 21, 1904, No. 126 (510 florins). [A similar picture, in good condition canvas, 13^ inches by ni inches was in the sale at Christie's, London, June 17, 1907, No. 37 (409:103., P. and D. Colnaghi). Translator's Note.} 821. THE TWO PROPOSALS. On the left sits a smiling young woman, dressed in a red jacket and green skirt. A young man, swinging a ruler in his left hand, puts his right arm round her waist. On the right stands an old man, dressed in brown with a dark cloak j he has a paper in his left hand, and with the other he holds out a pearl necklace to the girl. An old woman stands near and holds up a gold medal to the girl. On the right is an arched doorway, through which are seen trees and open country. The picture is genuine, but slight in style and undistinguished. Canvas, 24 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Van Oudtshoorn and others, Amsterdam, November 25, 1896, No. 8 1 (1525 florins). In the possession of the dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris, 1 896 (Bredius). Sale. A. Holzman, Van Romunde, etc., Amsterdam, October 31, 1905, No. 105. 822. A GIRL DRINKING. W. 22. A girl is seated almost in profile to the right. She wears a white cap, a red skirt, and a white apron, and with her left hand raises a tall glass to her lips. A man with an earthenware jug stands beside her. The figures are half-length. Panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. Formerly in the Van der Hoop collection. Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1905 catalogue, No. 2243. 823. BAD COMPANY (or, The Dupe). Sm. Suppl. 39 ; W. 47 . At a table before the door of a tavern sit a drunken man and an old woman who offers him a glass of wine. The man laughs at a girl whoj without his observing it, is picking his pocket. In the background is a man smoking [identified by Sm. as the painter ?]. Signed in full on the right ; panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. A copy of an original that came into the English market in 1903. (See Hofstede de Groot, OuJ Holland, xxii. p. 30.) In the collection of J. Rombouts, Dordrecht, 1850. In the Dupper collection, Dordrecht. Now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ; Dupper bequest, 1870 ; 1905 catalogue, No. 2248. 824. LOOSE COMPANY. An old epicure, with a glass in his