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 i JAN STEEN 223 right hand, makes pressing advances to a young harlot seated on his right. She laughingly repulses him with both hands, while a simpering old woman on the left takes his purse out of his pocket. A girl, who has filled his glass from a jug in her left hand, pulls the hat off his bald head. On the right is a merry fiddler (with the features of Jan Steen). On the grey wall hangs a lute. It is a cynical and dissolute subject, but is handled with spirit and delicately rendered. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the SchOnborn collection, Vienna, 1866. In the Suermondt collection, Aix-la-Chapelle, 1874. Now in the Royal Museum, Berlin, 1898 catalogue, No. 795^. 825. A SCENE IN A BROTHEL. Two couples are in the foreground, and another couple farther back. It is genuine, but overcleaned. Now in the Cavens collection, Brussels. 826. A SCENE IN A BROTHEL (or, The Courtesan). Sm. Suppl. 105 ; W. 980. In a room, a girl in deshabille sits in front of a bed, leaning her right arm on a red silk cushion placed on the back of a large arm-chair. She wears a yellow silk robe and a silver-grey jacket, and has a plume of feathers in her hair. She holds a glass of red wine in her left hand and an open letter in her right. She looks with pleasure towards the door where an old woman stands, receiving money from a man. On the right is a stone wine-cooler with a bottle in it. On the arm-chair to the left lies a little white and brown spotted dog. Behind the girl is a table with a Turkish carpet, upon which are a jug, a plate, and a long glass flute. On the wall hang a clock, a musical instrument, and a picture in a gilt frame representing the story of the Prodigal Son. This is one of the painter's finest works. Panel, 24 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 10, 1785, No. 307 (200 florins, Wubbels). Sold by Netscher to Klerk de Reus, The Hague (Sm.), whose whole collec- tion was purchased by Rothschild. In the collection of the late Baroness von Rothschild, Frankfort. 827. A YOUNG WOMAN DRINKING WINE. A young woman with her neck bare sits facing to the left, with a wine-glass in her right hand. Beside her is a high basket. On the left a man with his back to the spectator goes into the cellar, apparently to fetch another bottle of wine. The picture is genuine, but is much damaged. Signed in full on the left ; panel, i inches by 10 inches. In a private collection in Groningen, in the summer of 1 896. 828. A PRIEST ADMONISHING A GIRL (or, The Cour- tesan and Jesuit). Sm. Suppl. 91 ; W. 401. A girl sits on a bench at an open window and looks mischievously at a priest, who stands outside and raises a warning finger. An old woman stands on the right, leaning with her right hand on the window-sill and with her left on a stick, and watches the priest. In the right background some steps lead to an adjacent room, in which a peasant is kissing a girl. On the floor in front are a