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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JAN STEEN.

50. The Lesson on Music. An Interior, with a young lady
receiving lessons from her music-master on the piano-forte.
1/7. 11 in. by 1 ft. 5| in.—P.
Collection of the Due de Praslin, . 1793. . 1310/s. 52l.

51. The Hurdy-gurdy Player. The Interior of a room,
with a company of seventeen persons, most of whom are
disposed around a long table; among them may be observed
a thin-faced woman, with a well-fed rosy infant in her arms;
on whose left is a jovial old fellow, placed in an elbow chair,
holding up, with both hands, a goblet of wine, and at the
same time joining heartily in the general chorus; behind him
are an old woman and a girl, the former is singing from a
paper she has in her hands. On the fore-ground are a tall
thin man, playing a hurdy-gurdy, the keys of which a merry
boy, with his hat under his arm, is watching, while another
youth accompanies the instrument on a pipe. Nearer the
spectator’ are a boy and girl, on the ssoor; the former is
playing with a tobacco-pipe, the latter with a pewter tankard.
A spaniel dog and a great variety of objects contribute to
enrich the composition of this excellent picture.
1 st. 4^ in. by 1st. 10| in.—P.
Collection os Chevalier Francottay,' 1816. . 4900 fs. 196/.
•- Chevalier Erard, . . . (bought privately) 2001.
- Mr. Smith, . . . 1828 235 gs.
Now in the collection of His Excellency the Baron Verstolk
de Soelen, at the Hague.

52. Twelfth Night. The scene offers the Interior of a spacious
room, with two large windows, and an arched door at the end
of it. Amongst a numerous company of villagers is a party
of three men and a woman, dancing to the music of a Addle,
played by a man elevated close to a projecting chimney ; one
of the former wrears a scarlet cap, and another (with a bald
head) has his hat in his left hand. Close to the right is a