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 (Band 9): Supplement (London: Smith and Son, 1842)

476 JAN STEEN.
7. The Love-sick Lady. A pretty young woman, attired
in a red velvet jacket and a silk skirt, seated by the side of
a bed, with one hand on her waist : behind her stands an
elderly women pouring out some refreshing beverage. At a
table covered with a Turkey carpet, placed on the opposite
side of the apartment, is a doctor writing a prescription ; at
the same time, a youth seems desirous of showing him the
contents of a bottle. A gentleman and the maid-servant
are seen at a door at the extremity of the room.
2 st. by 1 st. 6.—P.
Sold by Mons. Noe of Munich, to an English gentleman, 1834,
for 200Z.

8. The Sick Lady. The medical professor, having the
appearance of a most respectable elderly gentleman, habited
in a suit of black, a brown cloak cast over his shoulder, and
a low black cap on his head, stands in the centre of an apart-
ment, carefully consulting the pulse of a young lady, seated in
an antique armchair, with her head reclining on a pillow :
her attire consists of a silver-grey silk jacket bordered with
ermine, and a yellow silk skirt. A chauspied with a bottle
on it is on the ssoor, and various appropriate objects are in
the back of the room. This very excellent picture combines
the highest qualities of Jan Steen, with the delicate execution
of Metsu.
2 st. 4| by 2 st. 01.—C.
In the Collection of Mr. Vander Hoop, Amsterdam.

9. The Love-sick Lady. The interior of a chamber, in
the centre of which stands a medical man of a lean and
masculine countenance, dressed in a suit of black, bending
forward, writing a prescription for a young woman who lies
in a bed behind him, and whose malady is inferred by a pic-
ture of two lovers which hangs against the wall. The mother