io6 JAN STEEN SECT. table in the centre, plays a violin. To the left a lady in a yellow dress with a white mantle plays a flute. Behind her is Jan Steen with a pipe. To the right are some children near a wine-cooler. In the collection of Jules Lenglart, Lille, 1900 (A. Bredius). Sale, Lenglart, Paris, 1902, No. 88 (1990 francs). Compare also 407/2. 407^. The Fiddler. He sits on a table covered with a Turkish carpet, with the right leg thrown over the left. While he plays, he looks at a girl standing to the left, who speaks to him while a boy empties his pockets. Behind the table, between these two figures, is an old man smoking ; to the right sits a man who tries to draw a girl towards him. In the right foreground are two children with a flagon near a wine-cooler ; a maid-servant stands at an open door in the background. To the left is the window ; on the floor are a lute, a music-book, and a jug. From the ceiling hangs a cage ; to the right is a bed ; on the wall is a landscape painting in a carved and gilt frame. About io inches by 13^ inches. Described from a copy, apparently of 407, which was at a London dealer's in the spring of 1906. 408. THE LUTE- PLAYER. Sm. 157; W. 101. A young lady, dressed in a red skirt and white silk jacket, with a light-blue mantle over her shoulders, listens attentively to a richly dressed man who plays a lute. Beside her lies a violin. An old man watches her from behind a pillar. In the background is a view through a doorway. It reminds one of Metsu in the delicacy of its execution, but is more spirited in expression. Signed in full on the letter in the lady's hand, and in the left-hand bottpm corner ; panel, 15^ inches by I2| inches. Described by Nagler and by Waagen (iii. 477). Now in the collection of the Marquess of Bute, London, 1884 catalogue, by Richter, No. 162 ; it was in this collection in 1833. 409. THE MUSIC-MASTER. Sm. 113; W. 102. A young lady in a yellow bodice and a blue skirt is seated in profile to the left at a harpsichord, and plays very carefully from a music-book open before her. The master, who has long hair and wears a slouch hat pushed back from his forehead, leans on the instrument, watching the movements of the girl's fingers. Through the open door at the back is seen a boy with a lute coming down a staircase beyond which is a window. Signed on the instrument, "Johanis Steen fecit 16 " (Sm. read the last two figures as "71," but they are now obliterated) ; panel, i6| inches by 12^ inches. Described by Ch. Blanc, Waagen (i. 403), and Nagler. Exhibited at the British Gallery, 1823. Sales. H. A. M. Hogguer, Amsterdam, August 18, 1817, No. 79 (1170 florins, Nieuwenhuys). Le Rouge, Paris, April 27, 1818 (7740 francs). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel in 1833 (Sm.). Purchased, with that collection, for the National Gallery in 1871. Now in the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 856.
