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 i JAN STEEN 29 Imported into England by Chaplin. Sale. Stuart, London (71 guineas) (before 1842). In the possession of the dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris. Now in the collection of A. Bredius, The Hague. 78. THE SATYR AND THE PEASANT. The satyr enters from the right ; two adults and three children sit at table ; to the left is an old woman by the fireside. The attribution is somewhat doubtful. Canvas, 17 inches by 20^ inches. Now in the Hoogendijk collection, The Hague, No. 235. 79. THE SATYR AND THE PEASANT. Sm. 71 ; W. 359. In a cottage, beside the open door, the satyr stands leaning on his staff and addressing the peasant who sits at table, blowing upon his soup. Near the peasant sits an old woman j behind her stands a girl with a broad straw hat. From the left comes a girl with a dish of eggs. A child, with a spoon in his left hand, looks up at her. Beside the hearth in the back- ground sits a man eating from a small bowl. " This may be numbered among the master's best works " (Sm.). Signed in full ; canvas, 20 inches by 18 inches. Described by Fuszli. Shown at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1885, No. 124. Sales. Helslueter (Van Eyl Sluyter ?), Paris, January 21, 1802 (2612 francs). De Sereville, Paris, January 21, 1812 (2551 francs). Due d'Alberg, London, 1817 (126). Chevalier Ferol Bonnemaison, Paris, April 17, 1827 (3700 francs). Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May i, 1837, No. 621 [described as a panel and damaged ; possibly another example ?]. (Probably) W. W. Hope, London, 1849 (>7% - ^O- Blaniere, London, 1863 (^59 : 173.). In the collection of Colonel W. A. Hanlcey, Beaulieu, Hastings. In the possession of the dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris ("Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1899, No. 50). 80. THE SATYR AND THE PEASANT. Sm. 72 ; W. 360. The peasant, wearing a high fur cap, sits at table, blowing upon the soup which he ladles out of a pot. On the table are a dish and large slices of cheese. The satyr, on the right, leans on his staff and raises his right hand in a gesture of astonishment ; he is about to depart by the open door, through which a figure is visible. A man standing on the left behind the peasant looks at him with a smile ; the wife, who sits on a low stool in the foreground, seems to be speaking to him. She is giving her children soup from a pot standing on the floor ; a youth, wearing a tall battered hat, with his back to the spectator, holds down his little bowl. To the right a merry little child, sitting in a baby's chair, is being fed by her young sister. To the left, beside the hearth, is a woman with a bundle of wood in her arms. In the right foreground is a basket of cabbages, onions, and turnips. In the left foreground is a big jug. " This picture was painted about the middle time of the artist, and