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)

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JAN STEEN.

18. Boors Quarrelling. The subject is composed of twelve
figures assembled in a cabaret; in which, most of them having
freely indulged in the glass, are terminating their disputes
with a battle. Amidst the scene of bustle and confusion is
seen a woman struggling on the ground with a toper, who is
attempting to strike her with a jug ; at the same instant a
savage-looking fellow is drawing his sword to join the encoun-
ter. The scene of noise and hubbub appears to have no
effect upon a fiddler, who, mounted on a table, still continues
to strum his instrument; neither does it affect the nerves of a
fat fellow sitting composedly in the chimney-corner smoking
his pipe. A freely painted picture.
About 2 st. by 2 st. 6.—C.
Formerly in the Collection of Mons. Dubois, a dealer in Paris,
1835, price 2500 fr. (100Z.)

19. The Naughty Child disgraced. St. Nicholas’s day.
The scene exhibits a house of a picturesque appearance with
a dwarf-railing in front; here a group of thirteen persons,
most of whom are children, have assembled. On the left sits
a well-dressed farmer, who has suspended filling his pipe, and
is looking at a girl advancing towards him with a cup in her
hand, and a red paper attached to her breast; she is followed
by an older girl who holds up her skirt: the disgraced child
attracts the attention of her companions, one of whom is a
boy with a hoop ; another, somewhat younger, has a toy in
his hand. On the farther side of the railing are, a woman
with a child, and an old man; the latter is reaching over to
put a piece of money into the cup. An excellent work of
the painter.
About 2 st. by 1 st. 8—P.
Sold in the Collection of Mons. Dubois, Paris, 1840, 9000 fr.
(3601.)