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224 JAN STEEN SECT. large bottle, a pan, cards, a broken pipe, and other things. It is a very fine picture, excellent in colour and humorous in expression. In its way it is a masterpiece. Signed in full ; panel, 14^ inches by 12 inches. [Sm. gives its dimensions as 22 inches by 22 inches, but describes it from a copy; W. follows Sm.] Sale!. L. Th. de Vogel, Amsterdam, October 20, 1794, No. n. Gerrit van der Pals, Rotterdam, August 30, 1824, No. 35 (426 florins, Lamme). D. A. Lamme, Leyden, June 19, 1879. Henry Doetsch, London, June 22, 1895, No. 427 (1240 florins). Now in the Municipal Museum, The Hague, 1900 catalogue, No. 353. 829. A SCENE IN A BROTHEL. In a bed with pale red hang- ings lies an old man, wearing a nightcap, a green jacket, and a shirt open at the breast. With an eager look, he stretches out his hand to a girl in a grey silk shift who stands at the side of the bed with one foot on a chair. On the back of this chair are a blue and pink dress of shot-silk and a brownish-red jacket trimmed with white fur. On the floor in front are a bottle, a chamber utensil, a pipe, a charcoal-pan, a pair of shoes, and a barking dog. It is painted in a spirited style and with much humour. Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner; panel, 19 inches by 15 inches. Sale. (Probably) Rotterdam, April 27, 1713 (Hoet, i. 365), No. 5 (40 florins) ; entitled " Taking off the Shift." In the possession of the dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris. Now in the collection of A. Bredius, The Hague. 830. AN OLD MAN IN BED TRYING TO DETAIN A GIRL. A man with a blue nightcap lies in a bed with red hangings, and stretches out his hand to a girl. The girl, who resists, wears a white jacket and stands with bare feet on a chair beside the bed. On the back of the chair are a velvet cloak trimmed with fur, silk clothes and stockings. On the right is a barking dog ; on the left are a bottle and other things. The picture is indecorous, but spirited and finely executed, in the manner of the preceding picture (829). A third example was in the possession of the dealer Marpurgo, Amsterdam, about 1890 ; this picture and the one just described were not in a good state of preservation. 25^ inches by 22 inches. Sale. Hoch, Munich, September 19, 1892, No. 200. 831. A SCENE IN A BROTHEL. A harlot in a red jacket sits half out of bed ; she has received money from a man, and finds it insufficient. He strokes her chin, and an old woman tries to push him away. It is a good picture ; the old woman's left leg is especially well painted, but the girl's figure is weak in drawing. [Probably identical with 845*.] Now in the Hoogendijk collection, The Hague, No. 167 ; exhibited on loan at the Rijksmuseum, 1907.