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DAVID TENIERS.
court of a country ale-house; here three couples are dancing
to the music of a bagpipe played by a young man standing
at the corner of a thatched house; on the same side, and
close to the front, are two men in conversation, one of whom
has a bald head ; behind these are a fond couple sitting to-
gether, and close to them are two social neighbours. In the
centre stands an elderly man in a blue jacket, leaning on a
stick and looking attentively at the dancers ; behind him are
two boys at play by the side of a cask, and other objects.
The rest of the company are grouped together at the end of
the court partaking of the usual cheer. On the left of the
picture the view opens over a fine rich country, through which
ssows a winding river. The appearance is that of a serene
evening.
This excellent picture was formerly in the Collection of the
Grand Duke of Baden, and was imported into England by Mons.
Noe of Munich, in 1831, and sold to the late Richard Foster, Esq.
for about 800Z., from whom it passed at 1000Z. into the Collection
of Henry Bevan, Esq.
76. The Barber-Surgeon and his Patient. A large room,
well garnished with gallipots, bottles, and other objects con-
nected with the combined professions. The operator, wear-
ing a greenish jacket with yellow sleeves, and a pink bonnet,
is bending on one knee, pouring a liquid from a bottle on the
foot of an elderly man, who is seated, compressing his knee
with both hands to deaden the pain. A woman, with a bas-
ket on her arm, stands by, and near her is a boy doing some-
thing at a table, on which are a variety of bottles. In a re-
ceding part of a room is a youth shaving a man.
1 ft- hy 2 st- 3.—P.
In the Public Gallery at Hesse Cassel.
DAVID TENIERS.
court of a country ale-house; here three couples are dancing
to the music of a bagpipe played by a young man standing
at the corner of a thatched house; on the same side, and
close to the front, are two men in conversation, one of whom
has a bald head ; behind these are a fond couple sitting to-
gether, and close to them are two social neighbours. In the
centre stands an elderly man in a blue jacket, leaning on a
stick and looking attentively at the dancers ; behind him are
two boys at play by the side of a cask, and other objects.
The rest of the company are grouped together at the end of
the court partaking of the usual cheer. On the left of the
picture the view opens over a fine rich country, through which
ssows a winding river. The appearance is that of a serene
evening.
This excellent picture was formerly in the Collection of the
Grand Duke of Baden, and was imported into England by Mons.
Noe of Munich, in 1831, and sold to the late Richard Foster, Esq.
for about 800Z., from whom it passed at 1000Z. into the Collection
of Henry Bevan, Esq.
76. The Barber-Surgeon and his Patient. A large room,
well garnished with gallipots, bottles, and other objects con-
nected with the combined professions. The operator, wear-
ing a greenish jacket with yellow sleeves, and a pink bonnet,
is bending on one knee, pouring a liquid from a bottle on the
foot of an elderly man, who is seated, compressing his knee
with both hands to deaden the pain. A woman, with a bas-
ket on her arm, stands by, and near her is a boy doing some-
thing at a table, on which are a variety of bottles. In a re-
ceding part of a room is a youth shaving a man.
1 ft- hy 2 st- 3.—P.
In the Public Gallery at Hesse Cassel.