Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 4) (London: Smith and Son, 1833)

JAN STEEN.

petticoat, apparently listening to a man playing music, while
another offers him a glass of wine ; near them is a child, sitting
on the steps of a door blowing a trumpet.
1 ft. 6 in. by 1st. 6 in.—P.
Collection of Madame Backer, . . 1766. . 345 flo. 311.
14. St. Nicholas’s Day ; or, the Festival at which good
children are rewarded, and bad ones disgraced. A composition
of twelve figures.
1 st. 9 in. by I ft. 71>in.—P.
Collection of Madame Backer, . . 1766. . 400so. 361.

15. Saint Nicholas’s Day. The Interior of a room, with a
company of about ten persons; among whom is a woman, in a
green jacket bordered with ermine, seated on the right, inviting
a girl, who has a little pail on her arm and a figure of the saint
in her hand, to come and embrace her. On her right is a
good-humoured youth, pointing at a boy who stands blub-
bering at the side ; and at the same time a girl is mocking him
with a wooden shoe containing a rod. A basket of gingerbread,
and a variety of other objects, add to the picturesque effect of
this excellent picture.
2 ft. 7^ in. by 2 st. 3| in.
Collection of M. Van Seger Tierens, 1743. . 695so. 62l.
Now in the Musee at Amsterdam. Worth 2501.

16. Saint Nicholas’s Day. The composition of this excellent
picture is formed of eight figures, of which the most conspi-
cuous is a girl, whose merits at school have entitled her to
peculiar honours and rewards, and she is accordingly decked
with a wreath, a gold chain, and two tulips; she also carries in
her hand a cup, into which a boy,, with a toy in his hand, is
putting a piece of money, which his mother appears to have
given him for that purpose. The good girl is attended by a young
female, who holds her skirt, and a youth, carrying a reed with a