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 192 JAN STEEN SECT. his hat and scratches his head, as if puzzled by the game. Another person stands at the hearth. Panel, 22 inches by 20 inches. [Compare 590.] In the Baillie collection, London, 1842 (Sm.) Sale. Baillie, Antwerp, April 22, 1862, No. 57 (1000 francs, De Caluwe), measuring 21 inches by 19 inches. Now in the possession of the dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris. 725. Backgammon Players. Sm. 60 ; W. 113. In the middle of a room three men play backgammon. One, perhaps the artist, is about to throw the dice ; another, probably the pastor of the village, sits with his back to the hearth. The first-named man looks at an old man jesting with a girl and pulling her by her apron ; the girl holds a glass of wine and wishes to pass him. By the hearth two men smoke their pipes. At the back are a window and a door. On the floor are a basket, a lute, and other objects. In the foreground is a dog. The light streams in through a large window and an open door. "An excellent example" (Sm.). Canvas, 24^ inches by 28 inches. Described by Waagen (ii. 452). It is not the Keiser picture (721), as W. thought. Sales. Helsleuter (Van Eyl Sluyter ?) of Amsterdam, Paris, January 25, 1802 (3445 francs). General Verdier, Paris, 1816 (5000 francs). Comte Pourtales, Paris, 1826 (299 : 55., Phillips). Major Dunn, London, 1828 (^263 : I2s.). In the collection of Richard Foster, Clewer Manor, 1833 (Sm.). Sales. Richard Foster, London, 1876 (756, M. Colnaghi). London, May 3, 1884, No. 68 (420, Colnaghi). 725*7. Backgammon Players. Panel, 16 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Younge and others, London, November 22, 1902, No. 26. 725^. Backgammon Players. A man plays backgammon at table with a young woman. A man standing beside the woman looks on ; another man seated on the right raises a glass in either hand. In front of this group is a child holding out something to a dog. On the left, a girl with a glass in her hand and a music book open on the table before her, listens attentively to a violinist who stands near the window, playing. Behind them are a pair of lovers conversing ; another couple are at an open door in the right background. In the centre is a bed. The window curtain is fastened up high. Described from a copy canvas, 29 inches by 22 inches in the collection of R. Jahn, Prague, 1902 catalogue, No. 84. 726. THE CARD-PLAYERS. Sm. 190 ; W. 58. In a tavern a woman and two men sit at a table, playing cards. A man and the host, who puts a jug on the table, are looking on. A maid-servant comes from the cellar on the left with a jug. In the middle of the background a man goes out at an open door. Various objects lie on the floor. On the right is the hearth.