i JAN STEEN 123 windows. The picture is lively in expression, delicate in colour, and carefully painted. [Sm. regrets its excessively broad humour.] Panel, 20 inches by 18^ inches. Compare 484^. Described by Immerzeel, and Waagen (ii. 184). Saks. N. Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 191 (350 florins, Fouquet). G. Muller, Amsterdam, April 2, 1827 (23 florins 50, Brondgeest). In the collection of the Baron Verstolk van Soelen, 1833, passing with it in 1847 to Thomas Baring, and thence to Lord Northbrook. In the collection of the late Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris. 462. THE WEDDING. Sm. 107 and in ; W. 73 and 142. In the background of a room is a large table covered with a white cloth, upon which are the remains of a meal. The bride and bridegroom sit on the farther side of the table, and receive the congratulations of the guests. To the right are musicians playing. In the foreground a jovial man sits on the floor holding a jug in one hand and a wooden pail in the other. Behind him is a woman with a child at her breast. One man has climbed on to the table. Children look in at a window to the left. Signed in full in the middle, and dated 1667 ; canvas, 38^ inches by 6o| inches. Exhibited at the British Gallery, 1821, 1848, and 1856 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1888. Sales. The Hague, April 24, 1737, No. 7 (140 florins). A. M. Hogguer, Amsterdam, August 18, 1817, No. 78 (2700 francs, Woodburn). Le Rouge, Paris, 1818 (11810 francs, the first Duke of Wellington). [Sm., who apparently describes the same picture twice, says that it was sold at R. Bernal's sale, London, 1824 (480 or 504, Kerr), but this must be an error. See 612^.] Now in the collection of the Duke of Wellington, Apsley House, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 67. 463. THE WEDDING. In a front room is a numerous company. Through an open door, on the top of a flight of steps, is seen a back room, in which the bride sits at table with the bridegroom to the left of her. In front of the table is a Catholic priest, whose figure is half obscured. A couple descend the steps. In the front room to the left is a bed ; to the right is a table supported by Caryatides, upon which sits a fiddler. To the left some guests are dancing. In the foreground an old woman and a girl sit together. A man, with hat in hand, approaches the girl and invites her to dance. Two other heads are visible at the back. There are in all sixteen figures. It is a very fine picture. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; panel, 18 inches by 14^ inches. [Possibly identical with 478.] Sale. Anthony Meynts, Amsterdam, July 15, 1823, No. 118 (1990 florins, Niewenhuys). In the collections of Van Cranenburgh, of Lord Townshend, London, and of W. Wells, Redleaf. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris.
