i JAN STEEN 3I building like a temple. Gold and silver vessels lie in the foreground. [Contrast 457, note.~ Signed in full in the bottom left-hand corner ; canvas, 36^ inches by 60 inches. Sales. J. C. Pruyssenaar, Amsterdam, February 27, 1804, No. 98 (285 florins, said to be on panel). B. Ocke, Leyden, April 12, 1817, No. 127 (200 florins, Van den Berg; one of Scipio's attendants is said to have the features of Frans Mieris the Elder). In the collection of F. Zschille, Dresden. Now in the Weber Gallery, Hamburg, 1892 catalogue, No. 245 ; purchased in 1878 from the dealer Triepel of Griinberg. 84. The Roman Envoys inviting Cincinnatus to take com- mand of the Army. Sm. Suppl. 100 ; W. 216. This is a composition of eighteen figures. The noble Roman and his wife, with a child in her arms, are seated at a table in a humble room. Cincinnatus appears to have been eating when the envoys entered. One of them bows before him and offers him a gold vase, pointing at the same time to another envoy who bears a bowl of jewels and money. The eldest daughter is on her knees baking cakes ; behind her is a half-clad boy eating a turnip ; two other children are beside the mother. Panel, 26 inches by 31 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, April 29, 1817, No. 96 (180 florins, described as " Marcus Curius "). Anonymous, Foster and Sons' rooms, London, 1833 (28 guineas; said to measure 23^ inches by 32^- inches). In the collection of Matthew Anderson, Jesmond Cottage, near Manchester (in Waagen's time, Supplement, p. 483). 85. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Sm. Suppl. 106; W. 182. Antony and Cleopatra are seated at table with several guests. The queen has a pearl in one hand, and with the other holds a cup which a kneeling servant fills for her. This servant has a silver tray in one hand and a wine -jug in the other. Antony seems to be objecting to the destruction of the jewel. Several soldiers and spectators stand near. To the left is a fish. A silver dish of fruit is on the floor. " Painted in a free and spirited manner " (Sm.). Canvas, 32^ inches by 44 inches. Sales. J. Witsen, Amsterdam, August 16, 1790, No. 60. (Probably) Josiah Taylor, London, 1828 (6 1 guineas, bought in). Klerk de Reus, The Hague (26 florins, Yver). Now in the Rothschild collection, Frankfort-on-the-Main. 86. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Sm. 54; W. 109. To the left is a richly furnished table ; to the right of this table Cleopatra is seated in a chair, facing the spectators, with her left foot on a glass ball. She empties a wine-glass which contained a pearl, and has another pearl in her left hand. Antony, who wears a turban and sits to the left behind the table, is astonished at her prodigality. To the left behind him is an
