i JAN STEEN 149 are seated at table or stand, and divert themselves with drinking and talking. Canvas, 30 inches by 37^ inches. Sale. Rotterdam, April 25, 1817, No. 77 (41 florins, Woodburn). 566. A Merry Company at Table. Men, women, and children are singing and playing. It is a rich composition, and excellently, rendered. Canvas, 69 inches by 57 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 29, 1817, No. 94 (1905 florins, Hulswit). 566*7. A Dutch Feast. Sm. 207. Exhibited at the British Institution in 1818 ; then in the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale at Lowther Castle. 567. Peasants eating and drinking in an Interior. They are seated at table. In the foreground a boy fills a jug with beer. It is one of the artist's best works. Canvas, 35 inches by 44 inches. Sale. Barend Kooy, Amsterdam, April 20, 1820, No. 87 (100 florins, Poortermans). 568. A Merry Company at Table. Several guests are seated at table. On one side is a man with a woman on his knee. A maid-servant enters from the cellar. It is an excellent work. Panel, 14 inches by 18 inches. Sale. J. Schmidt and Hagedorn, Amsterdam, April 24, 1820, No. 132 (not sold). 5680. A Merry Company at Table. A jovial man with a glass in his hand sits at a table, upon which are dishes of fruit. Near him is an old woman singing. At one side is a boy playing the bagpipes. In the foreground is a woman with a child in her lap ; near her are a boy and a girl. Panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. Possibly representing " Soo de ouden songen, soo pypen de jongen " ; the description recalls the picture in the Rijksmuseum (88). Sale. H. Stokvisch, C. Henning, and others, Amsterdam, May 22, 1823, No. 128 (386 florins, Van der Berg). 569. A Merry Company at Table, drinking and jesting. Panel, 9! inches by 14 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. 240 (3 florins 5). 570. A Merry Company at Table. In a cottage room some jovial persons sit at table ; near them are several others. There are various domestic accessories. It is very carefully executed. Panel, 16 inches by 23 inches. Sale. H. Reydon and others, Amsterdam, April 5, 1827, No. 148 (90 florins, Brondgeest). 5700. A Peasant Family. Panel, g| inches by 8 inches. Sale. J. Verkolje, Rijnzaterwoude, July 14, 1828, No. 85.
