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 8 JAN STEEN SECT. 4. LABAN SEEKS THE IMAGES HIDDEN BY RACHEL (Genesis xxxi. 34). Sm. 171 ; W. 154. Laban, with his back to the spectator, is on the right, looking into a chest which a man has opened for him ; he sees that the images are not there. To his left, under a screen, sits Rachel with a child at her breast. Behind them are women, soldiers, camels, and cattle. In the centre is a young herdsman driving some goats to the left. In front of him is a group of children at play. In the left foreground a dog is asleep. Farther back are trees ; in the distance is a range of hills. [Compare 652*.] Signed and dated 1660 (according to the Turenne sale catalogue), but the date is no longer visible j canvas, 44 inches by 58 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingelandt, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 401 (356 florins, Beckman). [The dimensions here given are about 42 inches by 64^ inches.] In the Turenne collection, Paris, 1833 (Sm.). Sales. Comte de Turenne, Paris, May 17, 1852, No. 89 (4350 francs, Nieuwenhuys). London, June 28, 1879 (162: 155.). C. J. Nieuwenhuys, London, July 17, 1886, No. 99 (73 : los.). Formerly in the collection of C. J. Leembruggen, Leyden. Now in the Lakenhal Museum, Leyden. 5. Joseph and Potiphar's Wife. A caricature, according to the catalogue. Panel, 26^ inches by 32^ inches. Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 616 (860 francs). 6. The Youthful Moses rejects Pharaoh's Crown. W. 211. Canvas, 29 inches by 30! inches. Sales. Grenier, Middelburg, August 1 8, 1712, No. 53 (15 florins). E. van Dishoek, The Hague, June 9, 1745, No. 20 (61 florins). 7. The Adoration of the Golden Calf. In the foreground are more than twenty persons ; among them is the artist himself playing on the triangle ; beside him sits a women dressed in white silk, who is identified with Margarita van Goyen, the wife of Jan Steen. In the foreground is a drummer, on a Turkish carpet. On the other side are a pitcher and wash-basin ; near them is a vessel, bearing the signature of the artist. Canvas, 70 inches by 58^ inches. Sales. B. Beschey, Antwerp, July I, 1776, No. 13 (84 florins, Beschey). J. F. Beschey, Antwerp, August 21, 1786, No. 33 (130 florins, D'Roy). la. The Adoration of the Golden Calf. Sale. Bryant, London, 1864 (bought in for 5). 8. MOSES STRIKES WATER FROM THE ROCK. To the left is a rocky cliff, before which stands Moses with a staff in his out- stretched hand. The water gushes forth, and the people press forward to