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i JAN STEEN 49 Sales. Seger Tierens, The Hague, July 23, 1743, No. 179 (280 florins). J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 340 (526 florins, Van Leyden ; described as on panel). Van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1814 (1890 francs). Madame Rouchon, Paris, 1816 (2916 francs). W. Hastings, London, 1840 (in guineas, Chaplin). Heris of Brussels, Paris, March 25, 1841, No. 30 (described as on panel and as coming from the Van Leyden collection bought by Paillet pere). Pierard of Valenciennes, Paris, March 20, 1860, No. 77 (5850 francs). Now in the collection of the late Alfred Beit, London, Bode's catalogue ot 1904, p. 59 : exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1900, No. 53. 135. THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. Sm. 144, Suppl. 88 ; W. 28. A girl wearing a blue jacket trimmed with white fur, a yellow skirt, and a white cap, sits at a table on which she leans her right arm. The physician feels her pulse with one hand and with the other holds up a bottle to examine the contents. A woman behind the girl looks anxiously at the physician. In the background is a bed ; in the foreground is a charcoal-pan, with a smouldering tow in it. The girl is the same model that is painted in No. 1 30. The expression on the faces of the persons is very well rendered. Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner j panel, 15 J inches by 10 inches. A pendant to "The Woman at her Needle" in the same collection (333). '[Cf. 158.] Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1885, No. 140 ; at the Guildhall, London, 1903, No. 156 ; at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1904, No. 309. Formerly in the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam (1833 and 1841). Sale. Albert Levy, London, May 3, 1884, No. 51 (330 : 153., Colnaghi). Now in the Stephenson Clarke collection, London. 136. THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. Sm. Suppl. 9 ; W. 69. The physician, dressed in black, writes a prescription for a young woman, who lies in bed behind him. The nature of her complaint is suggested by a picture of a love-scene which hangs on the wall. The mother, standing beside the physician, looks at him with a meaning smile. Near her are the father and a boy holding a syringe. In an arched recess above the door is a figure of Cupid. A piece of paper lying on the floor is inscribed " Hier baet geen medisijn " (" Here medicine is useless "). Signed in full on the piece of paper j panel, 24 inches by 19^ inches. Described by Waagen (ii. 184). Shown at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1889, No. 80. Sale. M. van Noort, Lisse, near Leyden, April 29, 1845. Formerly in the collection of the Baron Verstolk van Soelen, The Hague (1842, Sm.). Now in the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 98. 137. THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. Sm. 75 ; W. 72 The girl, wearing a red jacket trimmed with ermine, a pale violet silk skirt, and a white kerchief, rests her head on her hand. The physician at her side VOL. i E