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 i JAN STEEN 47 together too abruptly. The picture is weak in other respects, and cannot be regarded as an original, although it is signed with a monogram. On the wall hangs a large landscape, such as Jan Steen used to paint, in a carved gilt frame ; a similar accessory occurs in the picture at the Mauritshuis, The Hague (130), but the execution in this case is very poor. To the left is a window ; before it are a table and chair, also weak in perspective. The familiar foot-warmer, with a string hanging from it, is in the foreground. Seen in December 1901 at the dealer J. E. Goedhart's, Amsterdam. 129*. THE PHYSICIAN VISITING A SICK GIRL. This is a copy, but is does not agree with any known original. Some of the details are characteristic, such as the bell hanging near the door. Shown at the Jubilee Exhibition, Baden-Baden, 1902, No. 874. Now in the Ferdinand Krieg collection, Baden-Baden. 130. THE PHYSICIAN VISITING A SICK GIRL. Sm. 118; W. 14. On the left, the girl lies in a bed with green curtains. She has put her right arm round her head, and looks gloomily at the doctor, clad in black, who sits beside her in an arm-chair. The doctor is speaking to a woman, wearing a green silk dress edged with silver and a white apron, who brings him a glass of wine. On the right is a table covered with a Persian carpet, upon which stands a half-filled water-bottle. On the wall at the back is a picture of centaurs abducting nymphs. In the right background several steps lead to a door, at which two dogs are playing. This is one of the finest works of the master's, and probably the best in the Mauritshuis. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; oak panel, 24 inches by 1 8^ inches. Described by ReVeil, Ch. Blanc, and others. Engraved in the " Musee Fran9ais." Copies are in the Stern collection, Vienna, and the Edinburgh National Gallery (presented by Sir John Erskine, Bart. Sm. Suppl. 1 1 ; W. 61). Sales. J. van Schuylenburg, and others, The Hague, September 20, 1735, No. 71 (Hoet, i. 453, 175 florins). Is. Hoogenbergh, Amsterdam, April 10, 1743, No. 38 (150 florins, W. Lormier; Hoet, ii. 438). W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (460 florins, bought by T. P. C. Haag, for the Stadtholder William V. (see Terw. 329, No. 244 and 710). Now in the Royal Picture Gallery at The Hague, 1895 catalogue, No. 168. 131. THE PHYSICIAN FEELING A GIRL'S PULSE. Sm. 115 ; W. ii. The girl, with drooping head, is seated in front of a bed with red curtains. She wears a green silk dress and a blue jacket trimmed with white fur. Between her and the physician is a woman with an ironic smile, who seems to be awaiting the physician's verdict. In the left foreground is a table with a red cloth ; on the right are a dog lying on a