1 32 JAN STEEN SECT. 494. THE TWELFTH NIGHT FEAST. Sm. Suppl. 54 ; W. 170. A company of fifteen persons are seated at table. The youngest man stands on a bench to the left, behind his mother, and as "king" wears a paper crown. He drinks from a glass which a laughing old woman hands him. Behind him is a somewhat older youth, who has on his head an upturned basket. A young man behind him wears women's clothes, and moves a spoon across a gridiron which he holds as if it were a fiddle. The mother of the "king" sits in the centre with her foot upon a foot-warmer ; in her right hand she holds a jug, and in her left hand a glass. She wears an amber silk jacket, a scarlet bodice, and a yellow petticoat. To the right a man plays the " rommelpot " ; on his flat round cap is a label inscribed "sot." Behind the table sit a stout man and a woman. At the back is a young fiddler looking at a maid-servant, who carries gaufres on her head to the table. Other guests are at the table to the right ; among them is a man in black, on whose hat is a label inscribed " Pastor." In the left foreground is a dog. It is spirited in composition and execution. The " rommelpot "-player has the features of Jan Steen ; the mother of the young " king " resembles Steen's wife. Signed in full on the floor to the left, and dated 1668 ; canvas, 32 inches by 42 inches. [A second example, probably a copy, was in the sale at Amsterdam, May 10, 1830, No. 116 (37 florins, Barbiers) dimensions not stated. It is, perhaps, identical with No. 486 in the Baron de Beurnonville sale, Paris, May 9, 1881, which from the description and dimensions agreed exactly with this Kassel picture ; and with the Brugman picture (493).] Sale. J. van Loon, Delft, July 18, 1736, No. 16 (250 florins). In the inventory of the Kassel collection, 1749, No. 609. In Paris from 1806 to 1815. Now in the Picture Gallery, Kassel, 1903 catalogue, No. 296. 495. THE TWELFTH NIGHT FEAST. Nine persons are at table. In the foreground, with her back to the spectator, sits a young woman, holding out a candle to a child, which has a stick in its hand. On the other side of the table sits the "king," drinking a glass of wine. Near him a young woman is stopping her ears, for two men, one with a " rommelpot " and the other with a broom over his shoulder, are making a din. From the right enters a masked man with a paper star on a rod. In the foreground a small dog is barking. From the ceiling hangs a curtain similar to that in the large picture at the Mauritshuis (595). On the wall to the right is a picture. Signed in full in the right foreground ; canvas, 30^ inches by 28 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 430. In the possession of the dealers Kleinberger of Paris, Ch. Sedelmeyer of Paris ("Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1901, No. 14), and Ricard of Frankfort-on- the-Main. Now in the collection of Herr Goldschmidt, junior, Frankfort-on-the- Main. 496. THE DRUNKEN MAN. A drunken man partly dressed in yellow is held up by a man and a girl ; three persons respectfully kneel
