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 242 JAN STEEN SECT. 8;8c. A humorous little Portrait W. 435. Sale. Willem van Haansbergen, The Hague, June 19, 1755, No. 24 (13 florins). 879. The Interior of a Church during Service. Sm. 43 ; W. 351. There is a numerous congregation. The scene is finely lighted by large windows. Canvas, 24! inches by 32 inches. Sale. Belinarde, Paris, 1785 (1002 francs). 880. A VIEW OF THE DAM IN AMSTERDAM. W. 434. In the left background is the town-hall, with the Nieuwe Kerk beside it ; to the right is the weigh-house, bearing the arms of Amsterdam. In the right foreground is a man in a bright red jacket with a barrow of apples; he is taking money from a woman. In the centre of the fore- ground is a young woman with a fish-basket ; she wears a black jacket, a red bodice with reddish-brown sleeves, and a dark skirt. A little way behind her to the right two men converse with a woman who has her back to the spectator. To her left are two children, a boy and a girl ; the boy is eating a long sweetmeat or sausage. From the left-hand corner a man with red sleeves pushes towards the right a barrow laden with sacks. In the background are numerous other figures. Of special excellence are a cavalier with a white silk doublet and a short red cloak ; a droll crier ; a Turk wearing a white turban, a light blue cloak, and a yellow under- garment ; and a Polish Jew with a red cap and a long cloak. The back of the square is in sunlight. The town-hall has red shutters. There are clouds in the sky. The picture is in bad condition ; it is much cracked, and has been considerably retouched. It hangs in a bad light, and no definite opinion can be formed as to its authenticity. Signed in full to the left on the cornice of a lofty house with a gable ; canvas, 42! inches by 51^ inches. Sale. D. Reus, Amsterdam, May 24, 1752, No. 23 (50 florins). Now in the possession of the Royal Society of Antiquaries ("Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschaap "), Amsterdam. 881. A LANDSCAPE WITH A CANAL. In the manner of Aart van der Neer. In the foreground are nine figures. Two of them are taking pigeons out of a pigeon-cot. It is a very good and charac- teristic work. Signed in full in the left-hand bottom corner ; panel, 14 inches by i8| inches. Formerly in the collection of M. de Crillon, Paris ; and in that of the Princesse de Polignac, nee de Crillon, Paris. In the collection of S. de Jonge, Paris, since 1900. 88irf. A Winter Scene. Sold by H. Appelboom, The Hague, to Field-Marshal Wrangel, Governor- General of Pomerania, July 3, 1651 (32 florins). Compare 2<z, 115*, and 115^. [Communicated by O. Granberg to A. Bredius, December 1904.]