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 2i 4 JAN STEEN SECT. 790. A MAN DRINKING, AND A GIRL. The man, wearing a tall hat, holds a tall glass in his right hand and with his left embraces a girl. She wears a white kerchief and looks out of the picture ; she fills a pipe. On the table are a jug and another pipe. It may be an old copy, but is in any case much repainted. Exhibited in the Dutch Exhibition, Whitechapel, 1904, No. 278. In the collection of H. J. Pfungst, London. Now in the collection of J. van Alen, London. 791. LOVERS FEASTING. See Sm. 9 ; W. 342 and 457. At a richly-decked table sit a man and a woman. She drinks a glass of wine which he has just poured out, and holds an orange in her left hand. The man, who wears a tall hat, holds the jug in his right hand and caresses the woman with his left. It is very finely rendered. Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner ; panel, 9! inches by 8 inches. Exhibited at The Hague, 1890, No. 103 ; at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1894, No. 88 ; at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1900, No. 22. Sales. J. P. Wierman, Amsterdam, August 18, 1762, No. 46 (135 florins). J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 307 (305 florins, Maarseveen). Messchert van Vollenhoven van Lennep, Amsterdam, March 29, 1892, No. 9 (5025 florins, Joseph). Now in the collection of Mrs. Joseph, London. 792. A MAN AND WOMAN CONVERSING. A woman in a black dress with light sleeves, seated with an open book in her lap, converses with a man in black. She seeks to persuade him to sit in an arm-chair beside her. A red jug stands on the ground. Flowers and books are on a shelf attached to the wall. Signed in full, but the signature is almost illegible ; panel, 16 inches by 13^ inches. Probably identical with the picture exhibited by Anselm von Rothschild, Vienna, 1872, No. 133, and described by Waagen (Wien, i. 328). The size and description agree, save that a bed is here mentioned in the background. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1877, No. 50. Sale. Amsterdam, May 14, 1832, No. 91 (550 florins, Roos). In the collection of the late Ferdinand von Rothschild, Waddesdon. 793. SHEPHERD AND SHEPHERDESS IN A GROTTO. The girl, wearing a white jacket and yellow cloak, sings from a paper in her right hand ; her figure is seen to the knee. The shepherd behind her has a plumed hat and a stick. He makes a gesture with his left hand and listens to the song. It may be genuine, but is somewhat too large in scale for Jan Steen. Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner ; panel, 25^ inches by 19 inches. Sale. F. Zschille, Cologne, May 27, 1889, No. 94 (200 marks, a buyer from Liege). Now in the Liege Museum ; not numbered in 1903 catalogue.