i JAN STEEN lor Described by Waagen ("Picture Gallery at the Hermitage," p. 384). In the collection of Prince Eugene, Munich, 1833 (Sm.). In the Leuchtenberg collection, St. Petersburg, 1885 catalogue, No. 106. Afterwards in the possession of the dealers Sulley and Co., London. Now in the collection of Mr. George Salting, London. 379. GRACE BEFORE MEAT. A peasant, his wife with a child at the breast, and two boys are at table. The father, seated to the left, holds his hat before his face. To the left is a window, giving a view of two cottages among trees. The sun shines in. In the right fore- ground a dog sniffs about on the ground near a tub. It is a good picture, though not especially interesting. Signed in full on the left ; panel, 12 inches by 13^ inches. Now in the Accademia, Venice, 1895 catalogue, No. 178 ; Molin bequest. 380. A Man praying and a Woman with a Child on her Lap. Cf. W. 380. -With some accessories. Very fine. Panel, 34 inches by 31 inches. Sale. Jacoba Keiser, Alkmaar, June 2, 1766, No. i (415 florins). 380^7. A Peasant Interior. In which a company are seated at table praying. In the manner of Jan Steen. Canvas, 21 inches by 24! inches. Sale. N. van Bremen, Amsterdam, December 15, 1766. 381. Grace before Meat. A peasant, his wife with a child on her lap, and an older boy are saying grace. Their meal consists of milk in a red pan standing on a barrel, round which they are seated in an arbour in front of their house. In the foreground a dog is licking out a pan that has fallen over. The picture is very delicate in expression. Canvas on panel, 12^ inches by 15! inches. Sale. N. Doekscheer, Amsterdam, September 9, 1786, No. 46 (80 florins, De Winter). Except in dimensions, this picture corresponds exactly to No. 377. 382. Grace before Meat. On the table is a dish of meat and bread. In the foreground is a child in an infant's chair ; a girl kneels before it, teaching it to say grace. Near the table a boy looks laughingly from behind his cap. The parents look very serious. There are seven figures. Panel, 26J inches by 23 inches. Sales. A. van Beestingh and others, Rotterdam, April 30, 1832, No. i (1060 florins, Lamme). C. Rueb, Rotterdam, March 15, 1866, No. 3 (810 florins, Derksen). 382*7. Grace before Meat. Sale. J. Harris, London, 1872 (98 : 145., Warneck). 383. A Mother cutting Bread for her Boy. Sm. 57 ; W. 355 and 432. In a homely room a woman, wearing a red jacket trimmed with brown and a grey apron, stands at the table, cutting a slice of bread for a boy who is thanking her or saying grace before receiving it. In the
