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506 JAN STEEN.
sort of triumph a herring. The composition consists of
twelve figures.
Sold in the Collection of the late Mons. Schamps, 1840, 1,425 fr.
and 7-j- per cent. (61Z.)
85. The prodigal. This very excellent picture is composed
of about thirteen persons assembled on a terrace in front of
a large house. The Prodigal is represented sitting at a
table with two courtesans, in the act of giving some money
to an old woman; one of the females is seated with her back
to the spectator, and a dog is jumping against her knees:
the party is attended by two musicians, one of whom is help-
ing himself to a glass of wine. On the opposite side is a
gentleman bowing to a portly lady at the door of the house,
at whose side stands a droll fellow pointing to a man on a
cask mending a window, A spaniel lies asleep in the fore-
ground, and a red cloak is thrown on a form in front.
1#11 by2#4|.-P.
In the Collection of Mr. Van Loon, Amsterdam.
86. A Candlelight Scene. A company of five persons
grouped round a table on the left of a large room illumined
by six lights : amongst the party are a young lady and a
portly gentleman playing a game at cards, and the former is
turning to a stout gentleman who stands by her to consult
him in the game. On the opposite side of the table sits a
merry fellow with a card in his hand, and the remaining
person stands by smoking his pipe. A youth is seen enter-
ing the room with a candle in his hand ; and on the landing
of a staircase above him, are two persons also with a light.
A company of seven persons is on the opposite side of the
apartment, one of whom is a woman opening oysters. This
excellent picture appears to have been painted in competition
sort of triumph a herring. The composition consists of
twelve figures.
Sold in the Collection of the late Mons. Schamps, 1840, 1,425 fr.
and 7-j- per cent. (61Z.)
85. The prodigal. This very excellent picture is composed
of about thirteen persons assembled on a terrace in front of
a large house. The Prodigal is represented sitting at a
table with two courtesans, in the act of giving some money
to an old woman; one of the females is seated with her back
to the spectator, and a dog is jumping against her knees:
the party is attended by two musicians, one of whom is help-
ing himself to a glass of wine. On the opposite side is a
gentleman bowing to a portly lady at the door of the house,
at whose side stands a droll fellow pointing to a man on a
cask mending a window, A spaniel lies asleep in the fore-
ground, and a red cloak is thrown on a form in front.
1#11 by2#4|.-P.
In the Collection of Mr. Van Loon, Amsterdam.
86. A Candlelight Scene. A company of five persons
grouped round a table on the left of a large room illumined
by six lights : amongst the party are a young lady and a
portly gentleman playing a game at cards, and the former is
turning to a stout gentleman who stands by her to consult
him in the game. On the opposite side of the table sits a
merry fellow with a card in his hand, and the remaining
person stands by smoking his pipe. A youth is seen enter-
ing the room with a candle in his hand ; and on the landing
of a staircase above him, are two persons also with a light.
A company of seven persons is on the opposite side of the
apartment, one of whom is a woman opening oysters. This
excellent picture appears to have been painted in competition