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 i JAN STEEN 233 Signed in full with the full Christian name, and dated 1660 ; canvas, 42 inches by 54 inches. Described by Waagen (iii. 262). Sale. Seger Tierens, The Hague, July 23, 1743, No. 175 (420 florins). In the collection of Gerard Hoet, The Hague ; bought by Lormier (275 florins). Sale. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763, No. 250 (950 florins, Captain Baillie). Now in the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, No. 247 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 856^. The Artist eating Oysters. W. 308. With other figures and accessories. 35 inches by 48^ inches. Sale. Hendrik van der Vugt, Amsterdam, April 27, 1745, No. 70 (230 florins). 857. An Interior with Persons eating Oysters. Sm. 7 ; W. 290. There are various persons, among them a jovial man eating oysters with a young woman ; and there are many accessories. The artist has portrayed himself. This is one of the most notable and most carefully executed works of the artist. 27^ inches by 42 inches. Wrongly identified by Sm. with the picture of the Lormier sale, 1763 (see 856) ; it is rather to be identified with the Van der Vugt picture (see 856*2), but that was said to be larger. Sale. Amsterdam, May 1 1, 1756 (Terw. 138), No. 24 (360 florins). 857*7. Six Persons at Table eating Oysters. In the foreground a woman converses with a man who offers her an oyster. Panel, 16 inches by 13 inches. Sale. The widow Van Ingen, nee Berg, Haarlem, July 27, 1827, No. 9 (125 florins, Schrijver). 858. A Merry Company eating Oysters. W. 332. A woman offers an oyster to a young man. Panel, 22 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. J. de Moni, Leyden, April 14, 1784. 858^7. Portrait of Frans Hals. Sale. Antwerp, February 24, 1851, No. 136. 859. SUPPOSED PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST.- Turning slightly to the right, he smiles at the spectator. He wears a bluish -green cap, a reddish -brown coat with sleeves, and a light overcoat with half-sleeves of a brownish-yellow cloth. Under his right arm he holds a bassoon ; with his left hand he takes a pinch of snuff from a box in his right hand. The background is dark. It is doubtful whether this is a portrait of Jan Steen and whether it was painted by him. Possibly it is his work, but many details suggest the work of Harmen Hals. Canvas, oval, 30^ inches by 25^ inches. Now in the Suermondt Museum, Aix-la-Chapelle, 1883 catalogue, No. 132.