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 i JAN STEEN 191 720*. Peasants playing Backgammon. Very amusing. 72 inches by 35 inches (with the frame). In the collection of Johannes Lubbeling, Amsterdam, in 1752 (Hoet, ii. 519). 720/ Backgammon Players by Candlelight. Amusing and spirited. 10 inches by 9 inches. Sale. G. and W. van Berckel, Amsterdam, March 24, 1761, No. 139. 721. An Old Man jesting with a Girl. See W. 113. In the background are backgammon players. 23 inches by 2o| inches. Sale. Jacoba Keiser, Alkmaar, June 2, 1766, No. 3 (112 florins, with pendant). The pendant was " The Flute-player" (425). j2ia. Backgammon Players. In the collection of Arnoud Leers, Rotterdam (Hoet, ii. 524). The collec- tion was sold, Amsterdam, May 19, 1767, but this picture is not to be found in the sale catalogue. 722. A Merry Company. Sm. 180 ; W. 379. In a tavern a love- lorn old man sits in a comic attitude, and tries with both hands to draw the comely hostess towards him. She has a pewter pot in her right hand, and takes the man's hat off with the other hand. At the side the host comes from the cellar with a pot of milk, and looks on with sullen face. Panel, 14 inches by n inches. [Pendant to 267 ; see also 268.] Described by Sm. from the engraving by L. A. Claessens and L. Portmans, entitled "Le villageois en belle humeur." Sales. (Probably) Keiser or Keyser, Alkmaar, 1766 (112 florins, with pendant). [But see 425, 721.] Amsterdam, November 14, 1791, No. 132. 723. [Identical with 838*7.] 7230. Backgammon Players. Some peasants are playing back- gammon in a tavern. It is a spirited composition, finely rendered. Sale. J. C. Pruyssenaar, Amsterdam, February 27, 1804, No. 98*. 723^. Backgammon Players. In an interior a man and a woman play backgammon by candlelight ; near them some persons look on. Two men sit near a light at the fireside. It is composed with spirit and care- fully executed. Panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. Sale. H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 147. 724. Backgammon Players. Sm. Suppl. 68; W. 131. Seven persons are assembled in a room. On the left a comely maid-servant, wearing a scarlet jacket and a white apron, leans her right hand, hold- ing a jug, on her hip ; she turns towards a man who pays his reckoning and regards her earnestly. Near her stands an old woman. Farther back on the right three men play backgammon at a table ; one of them raises