STEEN (Jan)
(1626-1679)
42. — Grace before Meat
A man, a woman, and a child seated in an arbour round a barrel, on which is a basin of broth; another child, who is standing up, appears to be saying grace; behind the woman, on a bench, is a loaf of bread; a dog in the foreground licking the inside of a pot.
Signed : J . Steen. Canvas, 24 1/4 in. by 3o in. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, i 885 . From the Collection of Colonel Ilankey, Beaulieu, Hastings.
TENIERS (David) THE YOUNGER
(1610-1690)
43. — Landscape with Shepherds and Animals
A mountainous landscape with a river bifurcating in the middle- distance right and left of the foreground. On the right of the fore- ground, a shepherd leaning on his staff conversing with another seated on the ground with his dog beside him. Towards the left a number of sheep, two goals and two swine in several groups. In the second distance on the right at the foot of a tower-shaped rock, a shepherd guarding a flock of sheep. Heavy clouds are masking the sun.
Signed : L). Teniers. Canvas, 4. ^ 3/4 in. by 5o in.
From the Collection of M. Max Kann, Paris.
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