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JAN STEEN,
58. A Party regaling in the Court of an Hotel. Among
the many persons composing this animated scene, is a jolly
fellow with a bald head, seated on a form, holding out his
glass, while a fine comely woman fills it; between these are
seen, an elderly and a young woman, the latter of whom is
presenting a jug of liquor to a man standing by the side of an
ass, who acknowledges the compliment by lifting off his
hat. On the opposite side of the picture, is a company of
nine persons at table, one of whom is carving a ham; in
addition to these and others, may be mentioned, a man of a
spare form, seated in front, smoking his pipe.
About 1 st. 8 by % st. 4.—C.
Sold in the Collection of M. de Heer Textira, Hague, 1833, for
1700 fls. (136 gs.)
In the Collection of Mons. Martini, Paris.
59. A Village Fete. This capital picture exhibits a ren-
dezvous of about thirty villagers, assembled in front of some
rustic alehouse, in the vicinity of a Dutch town; the artist
also, nothing loath on such occasions, has introduced himself,
with his wife and children, grouped on the right of the fore-
ground ; the former, a jovial good-humoured man, is seated
on the ground, apparently joking with an old man, of whom
he is buying some shrimps ; his wife, dressed in a crimson
gown, sits on his left, with a fine chubby boy at her breast,
and behind them is her eldest son, quite delighted with his
hatful of cherries ; beyond these are several couples dancing
in a ring, to the music of a hurdy-gurdy and a fiddle, the
former played by a droll old fellow, mounted on a table, and
the latter by a youth. The view here is bounded by a house,
in front of which, are several peasants, enjoying their pipes
and pot. Very near a large tree in the centre may be
noticed, a well-dressed man, shaking hands with a young
woman, who is accompanied by an elderly woman and a
JAN STEEN,
58. A Party regaling in the Court of an Hotel. Among
the many persons composing this animated scene, is a jolly
fellow with a bald head, seated on a form, holding out his
glass, while a fine comely woman fills it; between these are
seen, an elderly and a young woman, the latter of whom is
presenting a jug of liquor to a man standing by the side of an
ass, who acknowledges the compliment by lifting off his
hat. On the opposite side of the picture, is a company of
nine persons at table, one of whom is carving a ham; in
addition to these and others, may be mentioned, a man of a
spare form, seated in front, smoking his pipe.
About 1 st. 8 by % st. 4.—C.
Sold in the Collection of M. de Heer Textira, Hague, 1833, for
1700 fls. (136 gs.)
In the Collection of Mons. Martini, Paris.
59. A Village Fete. This capital picture exhibits a ren-
dezvous of about thirty villagers, assembled in front of some
rustic alehouse, in the vicinity of a Dutch town; the artist
also, nothing loath on such occasions, has introduced himself,
with his wife and children, grouped on the right of the fore-
ground ; the former, a jovial good-humoured man, is seated
on the ground, apparently joking with an old man, of whom
he is buying some shrimps ; his wife, dressed in a crimson
gown, sits on his left, with a fine chubby boy at her breast,
and behind them is her eldest son, quite delighted with his
hatful of cherries ; beyond these are several couples dancing
in a ring, to the music of a hurdy-gurdy and a fiddle, the
former played by a droll old fellow, mounted on a table, and
the latter by a youth. The view here is bounded by a house,
in front of which, are several peasants, enjoying their pipes
and pot. Very near a large tree in the centre may be
noticed, a well-dressed man, shaking hands with a young
woman, who is accompanied by an elderly woman and a