i JAN STEEN 165 To the right a woman, with a child at her breast, sits on the ground con- versing with a man who hobbles along with a crutch. In the centre sits a cripple holding out his hat to a man of the middle class who converses with a woman. In the right-hand corner is a stall, at which a man and a woman sit, with five children standing round them. Farther back are numerous other figures, more than sixty in all. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; panel, 23^ inches by 29! inches. Exhibited at Berlin, 1906, No. 128. Formerly in the possession of the dealers Thomas Agnew and Sons, London. Now in the collection of A. von Goldschmidt Rothschild, Berlin. 630. Peasants near a Tavern. On the left a couple dance to the music of bagpipes. Near them a man with a red cap sits on the ground, holding a tankard and a pipe. On the balcony of the tavern are a man and two women. Panel, 20 inches by 24 inches. Described by Waagen (Suppl. 442). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1877, No. 226. In the collection of Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, Bart., sold in London, June 16, 1894. 631. A COUNTRY FAIR. Peasants are playing ; some pull on a rope. A rider with an orange scarf sits on a grey horse. There are from fifty to a hundred small figures ; on the left are a handsome couple of lovers embracing. It is a fine and attractive picture. Now in the collection of Prince Jussupoff, St. Petersburg, No. 54 (A. Bredius). 6310. Peasants in front of a Tavern. Sale. Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam, October 19, 1707, No. 26 (57 florins). 631^. A Fair. Full of delicate figures. Sale. Amsterdam, April 17, 1708 (Hoet, i. 117), No. 6 (115 florins). 63 if. A Country Fair. W. 284. Sale. Rotterdam, April 27, 1713 (Hoet, ii. 365), No. 2 (26 florins). 631^. Peasants in front of a, Tavern. Very fine. Sale. Anthony Deutz, Amsterdam, March 7, 1731, No. 4 (56 florins). 632. A Country Fair. With many small figures. 21 inches by 16 inches. Sale. N. C. Hasselaar, Amsterdam, April 26, 1742, No. 23 (26 florins). 633. A Pedlar, Musician, Peasant Women, and Boys diverting themselves in the Country one Morning. W. 419. The figures are mostly portraits of Jan Steen's family. 44 inches by 66 inches. Sale. Seger Tierens, The Hague, July 23, 1743, No. 180 (146 florins).
