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 1 48 JAN STEEN SECT. numerous figures sits a woman with a child at her breast. Near her is a boy beating a drum. Behind her is a cradle. At the hearth is a woman cooking gaufres. The figures are very truthfully rendered, and the whole picture is finely executed. Canvas, 34 inches by 40 inches. Sale. J. J. de Bruyn, Amsterdam, September 12, 1798, No. 48 (900 florins, Spaan). 560. The Pie-Eaters. A pendant to "The Drinkers" (688*), of the same sale. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. H. ten Kate, Amsterdam, June 10, 1801, No. .148 (105 florins, with pendant, Roos). 561. A Company in a Large Room. Sm. 74; W. 294. Three persons sit at table, on which are the remains of a dessert. On the left a maid-servant pours out wine for a young woman. Farther back a young man is ogling the maid-servant. An old man is asleep at the end of the table. Panel, 33 inches by 27 inches. Sale. Helsleuter (? Van Eijl Sluiter), Paris, 1802 (1800 francs). 562. A Merry Company in an Interior. All the figures are in comic attitudes. Canvas, 23 inches by 27 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 7, 1804, No. 151. 563. An Interior, with several Peasants and their Wives diverting themselves. Panel, 17 inches by 14 inches. Sale. M. Th. Wittebol and De Labistraten, Antwerp, June 19, 1804, No. 164 (55 florins). 563*7. A Cottage with several Peasants and Children. There are various accessories. A spirited composition. Sale. Taets van Amerongen, Amsterdam, July 3, 1805, No. 186 (16 florins 50, L. Pakker). 564. A Domestic Scene. In a well-furnished room a man, his wife, and their children are assembled ; with them is a dog. A girl enters from an adjacent room. [Compare 579.] Panel, 24! inches by 18 inches. Sale. Van der Aa and Tendal, The Hague, July 25, 1809, No. 268 (34 florins, Huybrechts). 564*. An Interior with a Company of Twelve Persons. Sm. 1 08. They are "engaged in the usual recreations of the country, and display the various characteristic humours of the painter" (Sm.). Sale. Due d'Alberg, 1817 (63). 565. A Merry Company. In an interior several men and women