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 216 JAN STEEN SECT. Described by Descamps. [Engraved in the Choiseul collection, No. 51.] Saks. N. C. Hasselaar, Amsterdam, April 26, 1742 (300 florins, Lormier). W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763, No. 243 (5 30 florins, Palthe). Due de Choiseul, Paris, April 6, 1772 (400 florins, for the Hermitage collection). Now in the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 899. 798. LOVERS AT WINE. A young man in grey offers a pipe to a girl. She is dressed in a red skirt and an olive-green jacket trimmed with white fur, and holds a glass of wine in her left hand. On the table to the left is a jug. An old woman leaves the room by a door on the left. On the right is a bed. It is a mediocre work. Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner near the table leg ; panel, 1 6 inches by i inches. In the Wachtmeister collection, Vanas, Southern Sweden, 1895 catalogue, No. 58. 799. A YOUNG MAN AND A GIRL WRITING. In the right foreground a girl dressed in silk sits facing left in profile at a table ; her figure is seen to the knee. She holds a pen in her right hand ; her left hand hangs down. Behind the table stands a young man writing on a paper. On the table are another paper and an ink-pot. Described from a photograph. 7990. A Girl drinking, with Two Persons seated. Sale. Amsterdam, April 20, 1701, No. 22 (52 florins). 799^. A Man offering a Girl a Glass of Wine. W. 309. i8| inches by 21 inches. Sale. Hendrik van der Vugt, Amsterdam, April 27, 1745, No. 71 (80 florins). 799^. A Love Scene. A man and a girl who offers him a glass of wine ; known as " The Man eating Nuts." 21 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Jeronimus Tonneman, Amsterdam, October 21, 1754, No. 19 (130 florins). 799^. A Man and a Woman drinking a Dram together. W.443- 9 inches by 6 inches. Sale. J. P. Wierman, Amsterdam, August 1 8, 1762, No. 50 (15 florins 15). 799*. A Peasant who seizes a Girl, in a Landscape. W. 445. With some accessories. Canvas, 36 inches by 66 inches. Sale. P. Caauw, The Hague, August 24, 1768, No. II (20 florins). 799/ An Old Man drinking with a Young Woman. There are other figures and accessories. It is very well composed and finely executed. 13^ inches by 20 inches. Sale. The Hague, March 31, 1770, No. 53 (38 florins, Warnaer).