8o JAN STEEN SECT. balance with attention. It is a small but very spirited and excellent picture. Signed. Described by Waagen (ii. 228). Formerly in the collection of Edmund Phipps, London (Waagen). 278. A Smithy. Two smiths are striking an anvil ; a third stands before the fire. At one side sits a man conversing with one of the smiths at the anvil. It is rendered with much spirit and vigour. 14 inches by u| inches. Sale. Van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 145 (8 florins 50). 279. A Smithy at Night. W. 468. Three figures. Two are hammering a piece of glowing iron ; the third looks on with a pleased expression. Canvas, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Kleynenbergh, Leyden, July 19, 1841 (122 florins, Exforth). 280. THE BLIND BEGGAR. He sits at the side of a road, dressed in brownish yellow. A boy in dark brown takes red fruit from his hat and puts it in a bowl which the beggar holds out. Behind them is a woman, wearing a yellow jacket, a blue apron, and a broad-brimmed straw hat, with a marketing pail on her right arm. To the left is a tree ; in the distance, to the right, is a church tower. The figure of the boy is especially good. Panel, 19^ inches by 15^ inches. Described by Waagen (ii. 392). Now in the collection of Lord Scarsdale, Kedleston Hall, Derby. 281. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player with a Company of Beggars. W. 414. He stands in front of an inn ; some children are near him. 16 inches by 12 inches (or 15 inches by n inches). Sales. Samuel van Huls, The Hague, September 3, 1737, No. 103 (44 florins). Amsterdam, May n, 1756 (Terw. 138), No. 25 (29 florins). 282. A large Picture with Beggars. W. 430. Sale. David letswaart, Amsterdam, April 22, 1749, No. 91 (4 florins 10). 283. A Beggar with his Family receiving Alms. Panel, 14^ inches by n inches. Sale. Pieck-Le Leu de Wilhelm, The Hague, May 28, 1777, No. 65 (57 florins, Wubbels). 284. THE SCHOOLMASTER. Sm. Suppl. 22 ; W. 198. The master sits in his arm-chair on the left and orders a weeping boy, who reluctantly stretches out his hand, to come nearer that he may give him a stroke. On the ground lies a sheet of paper. Several children stand behind the master's table and look on with amusement. In the background to the right sits a boy, writing.
