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 i JAN STEEN 213 Described by Waagen (iii. 477). Sale. R. Pickfatt, The Hague, April 12, 1736, No. 45 (54 florins). In the collection of Lord Bute, 1833 (Sm.). Now in the collection of the Marquis of Bute, St. John's Lodge, London, 1884 catalogue by Richter, No. 163. 786*7. A Fight. Some of the details are exaggerated, but the colouring is very powerful. Described by Waagen (ii. 137). In the collection of H. A. J. Munro, 1857 (Waagen) ; but not in the catalogue of the London sale of June I, 1878. 786^. Marauders attacking Peasants. A village is attacked by marauders, who are engaged in a fierce combat with the villagers. The chief group is in the centre on open ground. 36^ inches by 51 inches. Sale. Wedewer, Cologne, May I, 1899, No. 215. 787. COURTSHIP. In front of a house to the left sit an ill- matched couple. An unpleasant man, wearing a tall hat and a steely-blue cloak lined with dull red over a brown costume, offers a ring to a young girl, dressed in black and white, who sits on the right near him. The girl, who holds a full goblet in her left hand, makes a quiet gesture of refusal with her right. On the window-sill is a pewter pot. On the right is a view of a landscape. The colouring is natural. Signed in full on the wall to the left ; panel, I2| inches by 10 inches. Exhibited among the historical pictures from private collections in Bremen, October 1904, No. 334. Sale. Amsterdam, August 8, 1804, No. 174. In the collection of the late Dr. H. H. Meier, junior, Bremen. 788. THE IMPORTUNATE GUEST. Sm. 169; W. 165.- In a homely tavern sits a man with a red cap ; he pulls the maid-servant by her skirt towards him. On the ground to the right are a jug, a paper of tobacco, and a pipe. At the back a man is by the hearth. On the wall are a shelf for bottles, a lantern, and an engraving, apparently a map, suspended between two cross-bars. It is a very good picture. Signed in full high up on the hearth to the right ; panel, nj inches by 9! inches. Described by Blanc. Etched by J. Eissenhardt. In the De Neufville-Gontard collection ; named in the inventory of the effects left by J. Matth. de Neufville-Gontard, 1794. Now in the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort, 1900 catalogue, No. 215 ; it was acquired in 1817. 789. THE IMPORTUNATE OLD MAN. Six figures are in an arbour. An old man, with his back to the spectator, embraces a young woman holding a glass of wine in her left hand. A boy standing and an old couple seated look on. In the left background is a woman with her back to the spectator. Signed in full on the left. Now in the collection of Herr Goldschmidt, senior, Frankfort.