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 128 JAN STEEN SECT. 479. A Village Wedding. To the right, under a vine-clad arbour, various guests sit at table. In the centre the bride and bridegroom dance. In the foreground sit a peasant man and woman drinking. To the left, raised up, are the musicians. In the distance are numerous figures and a fine view of a village, with tents and booths on either side of a road. This spirited work is among the artist's best productions. Signed in full on a stone to the left; panel, 22 inches by 30 inches. [Compare 646.] Sales. P. Fouquet, Amsterdam, April 13, 1801, No. 66. Schneider, Paris, April 6, 1876, No. 36. 4790. A Village Wedding. Sm. 59 ; W. 221. Sale. Greffier Fagel, London, at P. Coxe, Burrell and Foster's, May 22, 1801, No. 50 (33 : I2s.) ; see Buchanan, " Memoirs of Painting," 1824 (i. 302). 480. A Village Wedding. To the right sits the bride with a sorrowful air; an old man standing beside her wishes to lead her to the bridegroom, who stands waiting for her at the other side of the room at the foot of some stone steps. A maid-servant and some other persons look on with amusement. Jovial peasants are dancing in a ring, and otherwise playing music. The picture is fine in colour and executed with spirit. Panel, i8| inches by 15 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 6, 1810, No. 95 (235 florins, Van Yperen). 48o<7. A Wedding Feast. Sm. 99 ; W. 222. With numerous figures. Sale. Sir G. Page Turner, Bart., London, 1815 (.136: ios.). 480^. A Dutch Marriage. Sm. 208. Exhibited in 1819 at the British Institution by the Earl of Carlisle. 481. The Deceived Girl. A mother accuses a young peasant of seducing her daughter. Canvas, 14 inches by 12 inches. Possibly identical with 484*7. Sales. W. Wreesman Borghartz, Amsterdam, April n, 1816, No. 176 (20 florins, De Vries). Amsterdam, October 18, 1819, No. 53 (78 florins, De Vries). 482. A Village Wedding. Sm. 58; W. 220. There are about fifty-one figures. The bride, crowned with flowers, advances to the door of her bridegroom's house, where she is welcomed by two friends. A young woman strews flowers before the steps. At the door a fiddler is playing ; there are numerous spectators at the windows. Behind the bride are her parents and friends. At the head of the procession are two bridesmaids, to one of whom a bald-headed old man pays compliments. The picture appears to be very similar to that in the Six collection (455). Panel, 23! inches by 32 inches. Sales. Paillet, Paris, 1799 (1220 francs). Montaleau, Paris, 1802 (2900 francs). Emler, Paris, December 27, 1809 (3000 francs). Chevalier Erard, Paris, 1831, No. 139 (4900 francs).