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JAN STEEN.
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tition among the connoisseurs, that it sold in the Collection of the
late Sir S. Clarke, Bart. 1840, for the extraordinary price of 5881.
In the Collection of Henry Bevan, Esq.
108. The Itinerant Musicians. The subject is represented
as passing at the door of a gentleman’s house, which is
entered by a ssight of three steps, and the landing surrounded
by a balustrade ; in this part are two ladies, one of whom,
wearing a crimson jacket, bordered with fur, and a scarlet
skirt, stands with her back to the spectator, holding a glass
of liquor in her hand, the other is seated in a front view; a
child playing with a drum, sits on the sill of the door. On
the left of the picture are two musicians, one of whom plays
on the ssute, and the other accompanies him on the hurdy-
gurdy ; the music has attracted the attention of several
villagers, who stand in a group beyond them. The receding
portion of the picture is composed of houses and trees.
Painted in the artist’s finished manner.
1A by 1st. 1.—P.
Sold in the Collection of the Marquis of Camden, by Christie
and Manson, 1841. 385 gs.
Bought by Mr. Nieuwenhuys. Now in the Collection of Charles
Heusch, Esq.
109. A Musician paying his respects to two females. The
scene exhibits the interior of a room with a large projecting
chimney, near which are seated two women, whose attention
is directed to a droll old man, who has just entered the
apartment with a fiddle under his arm, and is bowing obse-
quiously before them; his politeness excites the risibility of
a young man, who stands on the farther side of the women,
and near whom sits a man in the chimney corner, smoking
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515
tition among the connoisseurs, that it sold in the Collection of the
late Sir S. Clarke, Bart. 1840, for the extraordinary price of 5881.
In the Collection of Henry Bevan, Esq.
108. The Itinerant Musicians. The subject is represented
as passing at the door of a gentleman’s house, which is
entered by a ssight of three steps, and the landing surrounded
by a balustrade ; in this part are two ladies, one of whom,
wearing a crimson jacket, bordered with fur, and a scarlet
skirt, stands with her back to the spectator, holding a glass
of liquor in her hand, the other is seated in a front view; a
child playing with a drum, sits on the sill of the door. On
the left of the picture are two musicians, one of whom plays
on the ssute, and the other accompanies him on the hurdy-
gurdy ; the music has attracted the attention of several
villagers, who stand in a group beyond them. The receding
portion of the picture is composed of houses and trees.
Painted in the artist’s finished manner.
1A by 1st. 1.—P.
Sold in the Collection of the Marquis of Camden, by Christie
and Manson, 1841. 385 gs.
Bought by Mr. Nieuwenhuys. Now in the Collection of Charles
Heusch, Esq.
109. A Musician paying his respects to two females. The
scene exhibits the interior of a room with a large projecting
chimney, near which are seated two women, whose attention
is directed to a droll old man, who has just entered the
apartment with a fiddle under his arm, and is bowing obse-
quiously before them; his politeness excites the risibility of
a young man, who stands on the farther side of the women,
and near whom sits a man in the chimney corner, smoking
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