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 122 JAN STEEN SECT. was, according to Riegel, in Count SierstorpPs gallery at Driburg-i.-W. ; it measured 36 inches by 42 inches, and had been acquired between 1817 and 1821. A copy was in the Pierard sale, Paris, March 20, 1860, No. 78 ; 32 inches by 41^ inches ; it came from the collection of Meffre aine. The original picture is now in the picture gallery at Brunswick, 1900 catalogue, No. 313, and Riegel, " Beitrage," ii. 326. 458. A WEDDING CONCERT. In front of a house some peasants are making music. One sits to the right scraping on a string stretched on a pole to which is attached a pig's bladder. To the left is a flute-player ; in the centre is a singer, who sits on the ground and leans his left arm on an upturned tub. Behind him a woman, whom a man is embracing, plays the rommelpot. Somewhat farther back on the left four peasants are performing a round dance. Through an archway at the back is seen the open country. At two windows on the right are spectators, among them the bridal pair. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner. Formerly in the collection of G. von Rath, Buda-Pesth. In the possession of the Paris dealer Kleinberger. Now in the Nardus collection, Chateau d'Arnouville, near Paris. 459. A WEDDING IN A TAVERN. In the middle distance to the right a couple dance to the music of a fiddler in a high hat. In the background numerous guests sit at table with the bride. In the foreground a man with his back to the spectator watches the dancers ; beside him sits a woman with a child at her breast. To the left is a woman beside the fire, with two children. On a balcony supported on two wooden pillars are licentious persons ; under the balcony is a double window, at which stands a peasant with a glass of wine. In the background to the right is a view of the courtyard, where a man is standing. The picture is excellent in colour and lighting, but somewhat sketchy in execution. Now in the Palazzo Bianco, Genoa. 460. A VILLAGE WEDDING. The bridegroom, who is apparently half-drunk, leads the bride away ; she weeps, and an old woman consoles her. She wears a jacket of bright red, which is some- what out of tone with the rest of the picture. There are about twenty- five figures. Signed in full on the right. Exhibited at Forbes and Paterson's, London, spring of 1902, No. 19. 461. A VILLAGE WEDDING. Sm. 139; W. 66. The bride, a pretty peasant girl, greets her bridegroom, who is attended by a large company. He is dressed in blue, holds his hat in his right hand, and rests his left hand upon his hip ; a boy laughs at his bashfulness. In the foreground, in front of the pair, a common-looking woman strews flowers. In the porch of a tavern to the left a man sits playing the bagpipes ; a fiddler stands at the door. The guests look out of the