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 i JAN STEEN 147 551. A Company singing. W. 327. 37 inches by 32 inches. Sale. Jacoba Keiser, Alkmaar, June 2, 1766, No. 6 (20 florins 10). 552. A Merry Company. With a portrait of the artist. 1 6 inches by 2o| inches. In the collection of Nicolaas van Bremen, Amsterdam (Hoet, ii. 483) ; but not in the sale of December 15, 1766. 553. A Merry Company. 21 inches by 17 inches. Sale. Arnoud Leers, Amsterdam, May 19, 1767, No. 51 (120 florins). 554. A Merry Company in a Room. W. 337. To the left is a table, at which some drunken men, women, and children are seated. To the right a man stands on a barrel and blows the bagpipes. In front of him sits a woman with a child in her lap ; a man embraces her. In the foreground are a dog and a wine-cooler ; on the wall are various objects. It is very finely painted. Canvas, 30 inches by 24 inches. Sale. C. Backer, Leyden, August 16, 1775, No. 2 (270 florins, Wubbels). 555. A Company of Peasants at Table. With them are a hurdy- gurdy man and a flute-player. Panel, 13^ inches by I2| inches. Sale. C. H. van Heemskerck, the widow of A. Westerhoff, The Hague, August 26, 1782, No. II (71 florins). 556. A Merry Company at Table. In the foreground is a child in an infant's chair. Canvas, 9^ inches by 13 inches. Sale. J. C. Werther, Amsterdam, April 25, 1792, No. 31. 557. A Merry Company. W. 338. In an interior sit numerous merry persons, who are eating and drinking, playing cards, and diverting themselves in other ways. There are many accessories on the floor and on the wall. It is carefully executed, and is among the artist's best works. Panel, 19 inches by 21 inches. Sale. J. D. Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 240 (53 florins). 558. A Merry Company. A merry company are assembled in an interior. In the centre is a jovial guest, holding a glass, beside a girl. Another man takes a girl by the arm. An old woman gives drink to a child ; a young man leads a girl down the staircase. Another man plays a flute. A drunken man is led away by a woman. There are various accessories. It is one of the best, most careful, and most vigorous of the artist's works. Canvas, 17 inches by 20 inches. Sale. J. D. Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 237 (150 florins). 559. A Domestic Scene. In the foreground of an interior with