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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

DOI chapter:
The Works of Jan Steen
DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.62823#0034

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JAN STEEN.

Collection at Mr. H. Phillips’s, . . 1815.115
-osG. J. Cholmondeley, Esq. 1831. (Mr. Squibb,) 89 gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, in 1818.

22. A School. The composition consists of six figures, and
the master is in the act of chastising a boy with a ferula.
1 ft. 4-in. by 1 ft.-—P.
Collectionof Madame Backer, Leyden, 1760. . 337 flo. 321.
■ - the Countess of Holderness, 1802.110Z.
■ -- Anonymous, .... 1806. 105gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, in 1826.
Now in the rich collection of Alexander Baring, Esq.

23. The Interior os a Kitchen, in which are two girls and two
boys. One of the former is busy frying cakes on a stove, while
one of the latter is behind her, pinching a cat by the ear ; the cries
of the animal appear to excite a poodle dog, which is jumping
upon the boy’s knees; the other boy is an infant, seated in a
chair, much amused by the passing scene. The figures are
unusually large, and are painted with great care and neatness.
2 st. 8 in. by 1 ft. 8 in.—P.
Braamcamp collection, .... 1771. . .85Gflo. 781.
Holderness collection, . . Lend. 1802. 115 gs.
Now in the collection of Lady Mildmay.

24. Amnon and Tamar. The subject represents the cruelty
of Amnon to his sister. A dog and a variety of objects add
to the picturesque effect of the room.
2 st. 2| in. by 1 st. 10 m.—C.
Collectionof M. Heemskerk, Hague, . . . 125flo. 11/.

25. A Landscape, with a canal in front, and a boat, in
which are the boatman, a woman suckling a child, and a boy
playing a flute. A merry fellow on the shore appears, by his
 
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