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 98 JAN STEEN SECT. boy and a youth, stand on the right and look on. The father is in the background to the left. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. Exhibited at Berlin, 1890, No. 281, and 1906, No. 129. Now in the collection of Karl Hollitscher, Berlin. 367. MOTHER AND CHILD. W. 163. Three-quarter length. In a homely room sits a woman at a low table, upon which are a pan and a plate. She holds her child with her right arm, and feeds it with a spoon in her left hand. A bay-window looks out upon the village. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner j canvas on panel, ii| inches by 9! inches. In an inventory of the Dresden, collection, 1722, A66<). Now in the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1726. 368. The Mid-day Meal. A middle-aged man, with spoon in hand, sits before a three-legged stool, on which is a dish. He is dressed in black. Doubtful, though very spirited. Signed in full ; 13! inches by 10 inches. Now in the Chanenko collection, Kieff, 1889 catalogue, No. 311. 369. [Already described as 338.] 370. A Woman eating Broth. Beside her is a man. 9! inches by 8 inches. Sale. Izaak Hoogenbergh, Amsterdam, April 10, 1743, No. 84 (53 florins). 371. A Man and Woman at Table in a Room. Sm. 130; W. 77. The man is eating an egg. On the other side of the table is a man drinking a glass of brandy. Panel, i8 inches by 2O| inches. Sale. Emerson, London, 1829 (15 : 155.). In the collection of H. Munro, 1833 (Sm.), but not in the Munro sale of 1878. 372. THE MID-DAY REST. Sm. 82 ; W. 365. In an arbour in front of a country-house sits a young woman asleep ; she wears a fur- trimmed jacket and a white kerchief, and rests her head on a table, upon which are fruit and a jug. To the left is a higher table, on which is a pot of flowers ; a dog is asleep under the table. At the back sits the master of the house in a broad-brimmed hat, reading ; near him is a maid-servant. Between the pillars of the arbour is seen a landscape with hills and trees. Canvas, 23 inches by 30^ inches. Described by Waagen (Suppl. 391). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1886, No. 86. Sales. De Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August I, 1810, No. 97 (605 florins, Rijers). W. Rijers, Amsterdam, September 21, 1814, No. 144 (630 florins, Hulswit).