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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

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The Works of Jan Steen
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JAN STEEN.

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Collection of M. Capello, . Amst. 1767. . 025 fs. 56l.
Now in the collection of J. R. West, Esq. Alcote, Stratford-on-
Avon.
19- Two Women and a Man in a Room. One of the former
stands at the door of the apartment, while the man is giving a
pipe to the other woman. A bed and a table complete the
composition.
1 ft. 3 in. by 11|in.—P.
Collection of M. Gaignat, . . . 1768. . 4?A8fs. 18^.
20. A School of Boys and Girls. The Interior of a large
room, in the centre of which are the master and mistress of the
school seated at a table ; the former, wearing spectacles, is
leaning back in his chair, mending a pen; the latter hearing a
boy say his lesson. About twenty-eight scholars, disposed
into groups, exhibiting the variety of character incident to the
juvenile age, occupy every part of the room. Among them
may be observed a little boy lying asleep on the ssoor in front,
with his hat and play-box under his head ; and beyond him is a
girl, standing with a book under her arm. Engraved by V.
Green.
2 st. 8 in. by 3 ft. 6 in.—C.
Collection of M. Lormier, . . . 1 763. . IOOOJZo. 90^.
- M.Braamcamp, . . 1771. . 1200so. 1081.

21. A School. The Master of the seminary is a man in
years, seated on the right, and seen in a profile view. He is
dressed in a yellow jacket with striped sleeves, and has on a
black cap ; before him stands a blubbering boy, in a gray dress,
whom he is about to chastise with a ferula. On the farther
side of a little table are a girl and a child, the sormer of whom
is laughing at the boy; beyond these are sive other scholars,
variously occupied. This is a free and broadly painted picture.
3 ft. 7 in. by 2 st. 8 J in.
 
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