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 238 JAN STEEN SECT. maid-servant carries away a dish. " Painted in a fine masterly style " (Sm.). Signed in full ; canvas, 26 inches by 34 inches. Described by Waagen (ii. 13). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1881, No. 88 ; and by the dealers Lawrie and Co., London, 1903, No. 6. Sales. Gerard van Oostrum, The Hague, September 23, 1765, No. 64. (16 florins). Due d'Alberg, Paris, 1817 (362, Seguier). G. W. Taylor, London, 1823 (231, Hume). J. Roelofs, Amsterdam, March 8, 1824, No. 145 (445 florins, Roos). In the Hugh collection, London. In the collection of H. A..J. Munro, London, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. H. A. J. Munro, London, July I, 1878, No. 106 (241 : ios., Butler). In the collection of Charles Butler, London. In the possession of the dealers Lawrie and Co., London. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. 870. THE ARTIST'S FAMILY. Upon a verandah paved with stone, the artist's wife sits facing the spectator at a table on which is a parrot's perch. Jan Steen is somewhat farther to the left ; he has a paper in his hand and rests his arm on the table. He looks at his wife. Near her on the right a little girl is playing with a kitten on the floor. Behind her a child sits in an infant's chair, watched by the eldest sister. A maid- servant, carrying a jug and a dish, comes down a staircase at the back. From the ceiling hangs a curtain ; through a window at the left is a view of a landscape. Signed in full j panel, 24 inches by i8| inches. In the possession of the dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1899, No. 53. 871. Jan Steen offering Drink to a Woman who is Pregnant. With many accessories significant of a degraded household. A very humorous composition. 33 inches by 42 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, September 20, 1756 (Terw. 161), No. 24 (25 florins). 871*. Jan Steen drinking Wine with his Father and his Wife. 41 inches by 33 inches. Sale. A. and S. de Groot, The Hague, March 20, 1771 No. 21 (105 florins, Rouwalt). 871^. Portrait of Jan Steen's Brother. In the Royal Castle, Berlin, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 577). 872. THE BAKER OOSTWAARD AND HIS WIFE CATHARINA KEIZERSWAARD. Sm. 10; W. 4. The baker, with smiling face turned toward the spectator, is laying new loaves on a wooden tray. His figure is seen to the knees. His sleeves are turned up, and his long hair falls on his shoulders. At the window, which is over- grown with trailing vine shoots, his wife looks in and points to a cake. In