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 i JAN STEEN 43 Hendrik van der Vugt, Amsterdam, April 27, 1745, No. 67 (113 florins, with the pendant: see 114). Imported into England by Chaplin (Sm. 1842). 117. The Well -Fed Family. Sm. Suppl. 83; W. 399. Five persons sit eating greedily at a well-appointed table in a kitchen. Around them lie joints of meat, birds, and other objects. Jan Steen, as a fiddler, stands behind them, laughing heartily at the scene. A very fat man with a bald head stands in the middle, drinking from a glass. Jan Steen's wife sits at the table, stuffing a piece of meat into her mouth with one hand and thrusting the other into a cake. In the left foreground two children are sharing the contents of a little pot with a dog and a cat. In the back- ground of the scene, which is all in full light, is the fireplace, at which a woman is turning a well-laden spit. There are numerous accessories. Panel, u inches by 15 inches. [Pendant to 118.] Sales. Ew. van Dishoek, The Hague, June 9, 1745. J. Bergeon, The Hague, November 4, 1789, No. 4 (80 florins, Falette). Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June 1 1, 1800, No. 204 (with the pendant, 350 florins, Hendrik Crosse). Schamp d'Averschoot, Ghent, September 14, 1840, No. 48 (3050 francs, Tanse). 118. The Starved Family. Sm. Suppl. 84; W. 400. In a wretched interior Jan Steen sits to the left on a barrel distributing, with a thin hand, some mussels which lie on a small table in front of him. His wife, who is also emaciated, takes the mussels on a plate. To the right are two children on their knees struggling for some crumbs on the floor. Near Jan Steen three pale-faced persons look with covetous glances at the mussels. Another holds up a herring with a gesture of triumph. Panel, n inches by 15 inches. [Pendant to 117.] Sales. J. Bergeon, The Hague, November 4, 1789, No. 5 (36 florins). Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June n, 1800, No. 205 (with the pendant, 350 florins, Hendrik Crosse). Schamp d'Averschoot, Ghent, September 14, 1840, No. 49 (1425 francs). 1 1 8*. The Spendthrift Family. Unpleasantly exaggerated in every respect, like the pendant. In Waagen's time (ii. 137) in the collection of H. A. J. Munro, London ; but not in the Munro sale of June I, 1878. 1 1 8. The Impoverished Family. Pendant to the foregoing picture ; also in the Munro collection, but not in the sale of June i, 1878. u8<r. The Starved Family. Poor people eating herrings and mussels. Signed in full ; canvas, 19^ inches by 25^ inches. Sate.M. Wolff, Berlin, May 25, 1857.