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 202 JAN STEEN SECT. bare ; she wears a dull red dress and holds a jug in her left hand. A laughing man with his left hand raised helps to carry her down. In the foreground stands a young man, who is half turned away from the spectator ; he wears a slouch hat and holds out a large pot to the woman, who is vomiting. In the background to the left a pig is driven about by a boy ; a drunken peasant has fallen on the ground. In the centre stands a laughing fiddler; he has a pipe stuck in his hat-ribbon, and one of his stockings has fallen down his leg. On the right there are a dozen spectators ; two children point at the drunken woman ; a peasant holds in his arms a child that stretches out its hand and cries; a woman in despair presses both hands to her sides. At the window of a tavern on the right are three peasants ; one of them reads aloud. In the right foreground a pig is eating from a trough ; in the centre is a cask. There are clouds in the evening sky. The colouring is pale and delicate ; the reds and bluish- greens are especially warm in tone. It is carefully executed and in a good state of preservation. Canvas, 33! inches by 28 inches. Sale. Henry Doetsch, London, June 22, 1895, No. 428. Now in the collection of A. Bredius, The Hague. 7530. The Drunken Woman. Sm. 31 ; W. 346. She is wheeled along in a barrow ; a little boy squirts water over her. Panel, 24^ inches by 31 inches. Sale. Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (1600 francs). 753^. The Drunken Woman. W. 336, and see 354. A merry company. In the foreground the woman is carried away by men. 7 inches by 9^ inches. A pendant to "The Woman Making Cakes ' r of the same collection (349^). Sale. J. W. Heybroek, Rotterdam, June 9, 1788, No. 74 (35 florins, Van Santen). 753<r. A Village Scene. Sm. 53 ; W. 354. A drunken woman and various other humorous characters. Sale. Sir Joshua Reynolds, London, March II, 1795 (32 : us.). 753^. The Drunken Woman. The woman sleeps with her head on a cask. Near her is a man holding a candle. A laughing boy looks on through a crevice. The effect is fine and the execution delicate. Panel, i8| inches by 15 inches. [Pendant to 755^.] Sale. G. Schimmelpenninck, Amsterdam, July 12, 1819, No. 117 (40 florins, Louf). 754. A Drunken Woman sitting in a Tavern. A man goes to the cellar to fill a jug with wine. Sale. D. G. van der Burgh van Kronenburg, Loenen, September 6, 1824, No. 73 (42 florins, De Lelie). 755. A Party embarking in a Boat. Sm. Suppl. 48 ; W. 303. A jovial party of peasants are returning home by boat in the evening from