76 JAN STEEN SECT. Described by Ch. Blanc, Nagler, Waagen (ii. 45), and in Ottley Young's Stafford Gallery, in which it is engraved, No. 133. Sale. W. A. Verbrugge, The Hague, September 27, 1831. Now in the Bridgewater Gallery, London, 1851 catalogue, No. 191. 254. Market with Peasant Woman buying Crabs. In the background are a bridge, trees, and houses. Panel, 18 inches by 16 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingelandt, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 404 (100 florins, De Court). 255. Fish-Dealing on the Beach. Well painted. Canvas, 24 inches by 30 inches. Sale. Pictures from the Jesuit Houses, Brussels, May 12, 1777. 2550. A Beach Scene. In the foreground two fishermen offer their wares to two gentlemen and a lady. Some children stand near. In the background are some sailing boats. Canvas, 18 inches by 28 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, May 7, 1804, No. 148. Barend Kooy, Amsterdam, April 20, 1820, No. 88 (50 florins, Lelie). 255^. Fish-Market on the Beach. Many figures. Panel. At Schloss Rudolstadt in 1863, according to Parthey (ii. 577). 256. THE DEALER. Sm. 94 and Suppl. 112; W. 370. In a passage a man offers a dead bird for sale to a woman dressed in a red jacket and a light brown skirt, with a wooden pail on her arm. Farther back is a man dressed in greyish black, who looks on ; in the distance is another man offering a pigeon for sale. To the left are a woman, a maid- servant with a child, and other figures. The figure of the woman is somewhat out of tone with the rest of the picture, but is very delicate in colour ; especially good is the expression of unconcern on the woman's face as she passes the man. Signed to the right on a bench ; panel, 14^ inches by io inches. Sales. Lebrun, Paris, 1811 (1852 francs). Beckford, Fonthill, 1823 (bought in at 163 guineas). Probably the Fonthill picture, from the Aynard collection, sold to Delahante in 1823 (for .173) under the title of " The Poultry Market ; Woman buying a Fowl." Comte de Perregaux, Paris, December 8, 1841, No. 34 (10,447 francs 50). W. W. Hope, London, 1849 (bought in) : at a second sale of the same collection in the fifties. Now in the collection of E. de Rothschild, Paris. 257. A Game-Dealer's. W. 428. Sale. Pieter van Buytene, Delft, October 29, 1748, No. 56 (12 florins). 258. The Dealer. W. 335. In a courtyard with stone steps, seen
