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 92 JAN STEEN SECT. Described by Waagen (ii. 433). Now in the Royal collection at Windsor Castle, where it was seen in 1842 by Sm. 339. Interior. A girl in a white dress and a crimson jacket trimmed with fur sits at her work ; a boy sits beside her. A group of still-life on the table. Panel, 32 inches by 23 inches. Sale. Burrell, London, June 12, 1897, No. 72. 340. THE MORNING TOILET. Sm. 32 ; W. 53. Through a stone archway supported by two columns is seen a bedroom ; the bed has a blue top. On the edge of the bed sits a girl, dressed in a yellow skirt and a light red jacket trimmed with white fur, with a white kerchief on her head. She is drawing on her left stocking, and looks straight out of the picture. In the bed beside her is a dog asleep. To the right is a table with articles of the toilet ; on the tiled floor are a pair of slippers. On the threshold in the foreground are a lute, a music-book, and a skull. The vista is very finely rendered. Compare the similar picture in the collection of R. Kann, Paris (342). Signed in full on the column to the left and dated 1663 ; panel, 25^ inches by 20^ inches. Described by Ch. Blanc, Nagler, and Waagen (ii. 10). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1878, No. 120. Sales. D. Fiers Kappeyne, Amsterdam, April 25, 1775. G. F. J. de Verhulst, Brussels, August 16, 1779 (315 florins). Now in the Royal collection at Buckingham Palace, 1885 catalogue, No. 103. 341. GIRL AT HER TOILET. The girl sits in profile to the left before a looking-glass, fastening a jacket trimmed with white fur ; she has a white kerchief on her head. On the table to the left some trinkets lie on the cloth. In the background to the right is a bed ; a picture hangs on the wall. The figure is seen to the knees. It is a very delicate picture. Signed in full, on the table, and dated 1657 ( or J ^54i according to the Rothan sale catalogue) ; panel, 9 inches by 6| inches. Sale. G. Rothan, Paris, May 29, 1890, No. 104 (6800 francs). In the collection of Ad. Schloss, Paris, since 1890. 342. A GIRL PUTTING ON HER STOCKING. Sm. Suppl. 24 ; W. 389. The girl sits on the edge of her bed ; she wears a blue jacket trimmed with white fur, and has a white kerchief. A dog lies in the bed close to the pillow. On the floor in the foreground are the girl's slippers and a jug. To the left is a chair. The picture reminds one of the Buckingham Palace example (340). Signed in full ; panel, 14^ inches by io inches the upper corners are rounded off. Formerly in the collection of Gerard Braamkamp, Amsterdam (Hoet, ii. 508), but not in the sale of that collection, 1771.