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 i JAN STEEN 209 Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner, and dated 1664 ; canvas, 26 inches by 32 inches. Described by Nagler, Ch. Blanc, and Viardot. Sale. N. Doekscheer, Amsterdam, September 9, 1789, No. 44 (1320 florins, Leyche). In the Zweibrlicken Gallery. Now in the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 391. 774. A QUARREL OVER CARDS IN A VINE-CLAD ARBOUR. There are eight large figures in an arbour. On the left is a group of four. A man with blue breeches clenches his fist. Another holds a stoneware jug ; a third plays with a dog. On the ground to the right lies an infant ; a dog runs away from it. On the left a man with a red cap looks out of a door. On the right a man with a sword in his right hand struggles with an old woman. Through an open doorway on the right is a view of a fair with booths. In the foreground cards are strewn about. In the centre the evening sky is finely rendered. Signed in full on the left, and dated 1671 ; canvas, 2o| inches by 28 inches. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. 775. PEASANTS QUARRELLING OVER CARDS IN AN ARBOUR. A peasant with a tall hat has drawn a dagger and is held fast by a woman. He looks angrily towards the left at a laughing man, who sits on a bench, holding a jug in his right hand and raising his left fist threateningly. Near this man are a barking dog and a peasant holding a pipe. Near the house to the left stands a laughing peasant, flourishing a jug in the air ; another man looks out of the window. In the centre is a cask with cards. A child with a basket has fallen to the ground. In the background a peasant runs away, shouting. Signed in full ; panel, 19! inches by 26^ inches. Sales. P. Locquet, Amsterdam, September 22, 1783, No. 346 (in florins, Bierman). M. Watering, Amsterdam, September 9, 1813, No. 68 (261 florins, Yperen). In the possession of the dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1899, No. 51. 7750. A Peasant Brawl. A small picture, with a pendant. Sale. Adriaen van Hoek, Amsterdam, April 7, 1706, No. 34 (65 florins). 775^. A small picture of Peasants brawling. Sale. Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam, October 19, 1707, No. 83 (55 florins). 775<r. A Peasant Brawl. Humorous and delicately rendered. Sale. Amsterdam, April 17, 1708 (Hoet, i. 118), No. 1 6 (100 florins). 775< The Fight with Knives. W. 403. Sale. D. Grenier, Middelburg, August 18, 1712, No. 51 (64 florins). VOL. I P