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72 JAN STEEN SECT. Sales. J. Enschede, Haarlem, May 30, 1786, No. 8. Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, July 7, 1844 (1955 florins). Hendrik Six, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, No. 48. Afterwards in the possession of the dealer Roos, Amsterdam, and of the dealer Nieuwenhuys, Brussels. Sold by Etienne Le Roy, 1856, to the Brussels Museum. Now in the Brussels Museum, 1900 catalogue, by Wauters, No. 445. 234. THE CROWNED RHETORICIAN. Four full-length figures. A man, whose bald head is encircled with a wreath, reads out something from a paper. A young man, wearing a tall hat, with a pen behind his ear, looks over the paper. To the right are a laughing man with a full glass in his hand and another with a straw in his mouth. Upon a placard hanging from a balustrade are the words : Waerom draegt en sot syn tecken ? Om dat hy t'e voren geek geleken. Signed in full in the centre of the balustrade j canvas, 28 inches by 24-^ inches. Old copies, modified in some details, are in the Peltzer collection, Cologne, and in the collection of A. Bredius, The Hague ; the latter has the inscription, " In liefde verwarmt " (" Warmed in love "). A similar picture of the same dimensions, but painted on panel, was in the sale of H. Reydon and others, Amsterdam, April 5, 1827, No. 47 (105 florins, Van der Berg) : the placard was inscribed, " In liefde bloeiende " (" Blooming in love "). Formerly in the Zweibrticken Gallery. Now in the Picture Gallery, Augsburg, 1899 catalogue, No. 592. 235. The Crowned Rhetorician. Sm. 189 ; W. 382. A group of four figures. An old man, whose brows are encircled with laurel, leans on a bar, reading a paper, which he holds with both hands. A man, with a pen behind his ear, stands on his right, and a merry fellow with a glass of liquor in his hand is on his left. A jug with a pipe in it and a tablet are suspended to the bar in front. " Painted in a free and spirited manner " (Sm., who entitles it "The Club"). Canvas, 39 inches by 32^ inches. Sale. George Gillows, London, 1832 (Stanley). Probably the picture exhibited by Edward Loyd at Manchester, 1857, No. 932. 236. A Company of Rhetoricians by Candlelight. W. 451. 15^ inches by 12 inches. Sale. J. van Zaanen, The Hague, November 16, 1767, No 18 (32 florins 10). 2360. A Visit to the Village Lawyer. Four figures. Signed ; panel, 24^ inches by 20^ inches. Now in the collection of Hugh P. Lane, Dublin. 237. A LEARNED MAN AT HIS STUDY TABLE. Near