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 i JAN STEEN 135 hat, is drinking ; the others look on and laugh at him. A man plays the " rommelpot " so loudly behind a woman sitting at the table that she holds her ears with both hands. In the foreground a woman draws beer from a cask. In the background another woman is cooking gaufres. Canvas, 41^ inches by 48^ inches. Sale. De Quarles, Amsterdam, October 19, 1818, No. 51 (1055 florins, Nieuwenhuys). 505. The Twelfth Night Feast. Sm. Suppl. 102 ; W. 178. It is a composition of about ten figures. The "king" sits at the head of the table, drinking a glass of wine. A merry fellow on his right gives a toast and waves his cap. A man seated near between two women has seized their hands and joins in the tumult. A young woman holding a jug stands near, with a fiddler beside her. On the left is a woman baking cakes ; near her are two children. In the foreground is an overturned bench. Panel, 16 inches by 22 J inches. In the Haller collection, Hamburg, 1833. 506. The Twelfth Night Feast. W. 50. In a hall adorned with branches the " king " and " queen " sit with other guests at table. Some of them are intoxicated. Before the table a couple are dancing ; a young man standing on a bench shouts at them and waves his cap. To the left a man plays the violin ; a 'cello-player drinks a glass of beer. From a gallery above, from which hangs a curtain, a man and woman look down at the scene. In the left foreground a young man kneels in front of a chair with his head on his arms. Near him are other figures and a child, seen from the back, with a little dog. On the walls hang green branches and garlands. The colouring is of a monotonous brown. Signed in full on the left ; panel, 16 inches by 20^ inches. Sale. Herm. de Kat of Dordrecht, Paris, May 2, 1 866, No. 79. 507. Twelfth Night. Sm. 193 ; W. 81. -At a table to the right sits a young woman, apparently the wife of the artist, in profile to the left. As " queen " she drinks from a glass. A wag, holding up a gaufre, shouts at her. At the table also sit a stout man, apparently Jan van Groyen, and a woman with a child at her breast. To the left a man with a basket on his head pretends to make music with a gridiron and a spoon. A boy plays the " rommelpot " ; an older boy with a napkin over his shoulder and a tankard in his right hand stands in front and sings. Signed in full on the chimney-piece to the right ; canvas, 22 inches by 27! inches. In the collection of Peter Norton, 1832. Sale. Bl[anc], Paris, May 3, 1876. 508. Twelfth Night. Sm. 143 ; W. 121. The merry party of nine persons, including two children, are assembled round a table. All look at the "king" who sits in front, drinking from a tall glass and compressing his lips so as not to laugh. To the right sits a stout woman in a red jacket, who is suckling a chubby infant. Another woman sits farther back on