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 208 JAN STEEN SECT. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner, and dated 167 ; panel, 14! inches by 19 inches. Exhibited in Amsterdam, 1845, No. 63, and 1867, No. 185 ; at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1888, No. 107 ; and at the Guildhall, London, 1890, No. 53. Sales. De la Court-Backer, Leyden, August 9, 1766, No. 54 (305 florins, Yver). Amsterdam, March 6, 1769, No. 14. J. Witsen, Amsterdam, August 16, 1790, No. 59 (138 florins, Pekstok). J. Pekstok, Amsterdam, December 17, 1792, No. 92. A. Dijkman, Amsterdam, July 17, 1794, No. 39. A. C. Putman, Amsterdam, August 17, 1803, No. 76 (240 florins, Roos). H. F. V. Usseliho, nee Tollens, Amsterdam, January 30, 1868, No. ill (2200 florins, Caramelli). In the collection of A. Caramelli, Amsterdam. Now in the collection of C. T. D. Crews, London. 771. PEASANTS QUARRELLING IN A TAVERN. A peasant with bristling hair has drawn his knife, but is held back by another man. A laughing man comes from the side and seeks to pacify him. To the right of a round table, on which are cards and a charcoal- pan, stands a peasant with a jug in his hand ; apparently he wants to be paid his money. A stout man smoking a pipe sits at the table. To the left two laughing peasants are by the hearth. On the floor are cards, a board, a stick, and a tub. The signature in the right-hand bottom corner is false, but the picture is genuine. Panel, 13^ inches by 18 inches. Sales. G. and W. van Berckel, Amsterdam, March 24, 1761, No. 93. H. ten Kate, Amsterdam, June 10, 1801, No. 150 (51 florins, Yver). Now in the collection of Freiherr Speck von Sternburg, Liitzschena, near Leipzig, 1889 catalogue, No. 216. 772. A PEASANT BRAWL. Two peasants are disputing. One behind a bench holds a knife j the other, dressed in grey, sits to the left. Farther back in the centre is a child in yellow, stretching out its hand and shouting. In the left background is a head. The picture has been damaged. A genuine signature. Now in the Brocard collection, Moscow (A. Bredius). 773. A BRAWL AMONG CARD - PLAYERS IN A TAVERN. Sm. 145 ; W. 159. One player, who tries to draw his sword, is kicked by another and beaten with a broomstick. A third man and a woman try to restrain the assailant, while an old man on the other side of the overturned board serving as a table threatens him with his fist. In the doorway to the right stands a drunken man holding a beer- glass and a pipe.