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 236 JAN STEEN SECT. 865,:. An Alleged Portrait of the Artist The figure, a half- length, life size, is turned to the right. He wears a cap and a grey costume with a pleated collar. He has brown hair, a moustache with the ends turned up, and thin whiskers. It is a fine portrait. Canvas, 27 inches by 19 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 491. 865^. Portrait of the Artist as a Sportsman. Canvas, 48 inches by 41 1 inches. Exhibited at Brussels, 1882, No. 232. In the Muyser collection, The Hague. Sale. Amsterdam, November 14, 1883. 865*. Portrait of the Artist. A half-length ; he is dressed in black, with a black cap. Panel, 9 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Stiels and others, Cologne, May 24, 1897, No. 223. Portrait of the Artist. A half-length. He holds a palette. Probably this is not a genuine work. 6 inches by 4^ inches. Sale. Van Meerten, Delft, August 26, 1902, No. 430. 8653-. Portrait of the Artist filling his Pipe. Engraved by J. Heidelot. 866. THE ARTIST AND HIS WIFE. In an interior the artist shows his son how to draw a butterfly. His wife sharpens a stick of charcoal. In the background a pupil, with his back to the spectator, stands before a very large canvas. The picture is very fine ; it is light in tone and carefully executed. Signed ; panel, 15! inches by 12 inches. Now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1898 catalogue, No. 78. 8660. Jan Steen, with his Wife asleep. Sale. Amsterdam, September 12, 1708 (Hoet, i. 127), No. 40 (101 florins). 866. Jan Steen and his Wife. W. 418. 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Cornelis van Li 11, Dordrecht, July 18, 1743, No. n (41 florins). 866<r and 866^/. Jan Steen and his Wife. W. 431. Two small pictures. 9^ inches by 8 inches. Sale. Pompe and Jan van Huysum, Amsterdam, October 14, 1749, No. 22 (30 florins). 866*. Jan Steen and his Wife. She holds a glass of wine. It is very natural and humorous. Copper, circular, 4 inches in diameter. Sale. Van Kinschot, Delft, July 21, 1767, No. 51 (14 florins).