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JAN STEEN.
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with the celebrated School by Gerard Dow, and like that
great painter, J an Steen has successfully triumphed over the
conssicting effect of so many lights.
1A 4| by \ st. 9|.—P.
In the Collection of the Baron Verstolke de Soelen, Hague.
87. The Proposal (or Before). In the centre of a neat
apartment sits a pretty woman attired in a yellowish jacket
and blue skirt, having a cushion on her lap, her attention is
directed to a gentleman (supposed to personate the artist),
who is approaching her with a roll of gingerbread in one
hand, and respectfully raising his hat with the other, and
apparently saying something gallant on the occasion. A
purple jacket bordered with ermine lies on a basket, and a
picture adorns the wall of the room.
88. (The Companion). The Consequence (or After).
The young woman described in the preceding picture is
here represented attired in a green silk jacket bordered with
ermine, and a pale puce-coloured petticoat, and her head
enveloped in a white kerchief, seated, pensively leaning on a
covered table ; a doctor habited in black, stands by her,
holding up the contents of a bottle to the light, and at the
same time feeling her pulse. An elderly woman appears to
be waiting with anxiety the result of the investigation.
These are superlative examples.
1 st. 4 by 1 st. 2.—P.
In the Collection of Mr. Van Loon, Amsterdam.
89. The Grace. The interior of a comfortable apartment,
in which an artisan with his wife and three children are
grouped round a table, furnished with a humble repast, but
507
with the celebrated School by Gerard Dow, and like that
great painter, J an Steen has successfully triumphed over the
conssicting effect of so many lights.
1A 4| by \ st. 9|.—P.
In the Collection of the Baron Verstolke de Soelen, Hague.
87. The Proposal (or Before). In the centre of a neat
apartment sits a pretty woman attired in a yellowish jacket
and blue skirt, having a cushion on her lap, her attention is
directed to a gentleman (supposed to personate the artist),
who is approaching her with a roll of gingerbread in one
hand, and respectfully raising his hat with the other, and
apparently saying something gallant on the occasion. A
purple jacket bordered with ermine lies on a basket, and a
picture adorns the wall of the room.
88. (The Companion). The Consequence (or After).
The young woman described in the preceding picture is
here represented attired in a green silk jacket bordered with
ermine, and a pale puce-coloured petticoat, and her head
enveloped in a white kerchief, seated, pensively leaning on a
covered table ; a doctor habited in black, stands by her,
holding up the contents of a bottle to the light, and at the
same time feeling her pulse. An elderly woman appears to
be waiting with anxiety the result of the investigation.
These are superlative examples.
1 st. 4 by 1 st. 2.—P.
In the Collection of Mr. Van Loon, Amsterdam.
89. The Grace. The interior of a comfortable apartment,
in which an artisan with his wife and three children are
grouped round a table, furnished with a humble repast, but