32 JAN STEEN SECT. old warrior ; to the right are two young servants ; in the foreground is a jug in a pail ; under the table a dog lies asleep. In the centre of the background is a column, half-veiled by a large curtain ; a landscape is seen beyond. It is very sketchy in style. Signed in full in the centre of the foreground and dated 1667 > panel, 17 inches by 14^ inches. Sales. (Probably) Amsterdam, May 16, 1696, No. 83 (71 florins). Amsterdam, September 17, 1727, No. 21 (50 florins). Anthony Sijdervelt, Amsterdam, April 23, 1766, No. 35 (100 florins). Sir Joshua Reynolds, London, March 1 1, 1795 (14 guineas). Marchioness of Thomond, London, 1821 (70 guineas). In the collection of Harry Philipps. [But the Gottingen picture is mentioned by Fiorillo, " Geschichte der zeichnenden Ktlnste " (Gottingen, 1798-1820), as then being in a small collection in Hanover, so that the last three entries may not refer to the picture, which is] Now in the University Gallery, Gottingen. 860. Antony and Cleopatra. Sale. Hickman, London, 1856 (ioj : 2s., Nieuwenhuys). 86. Antony and Cleopatra. Sale. Lord Ribblesdale, London, 1867 (126, bought in). 87. The Story of Arent Pieter Ghijsen. W. 481. Artistic in execution. 38 inches by 29^ inches. Sale. Pieter de Klok, Amsterdam, April 22, 1744, No. 76 (165 florins). 88. THE MERRY PARTY ("Soo de ouden songen, soo pijpen de jongen"). Sm. 162 and Suppl. 79 ; W. 21. A merry party are assembled round a table, upon which is a ham. On the left an old man, seated in an arm-chair, is singing ; he has a fiddle in his left hand and a wine-glass in his right. Beside him are an old woman and a young woman, who are singing from the same music-book. A man with a flute, on a bench to the right, and a bagpiper accompany their song. In the right background are two children with pipes. A youth with a pipe in his mouth and a trumpet in his right hand looks in at an open window to the left. In the foreground a girl is allowing a child to drink out of a tankard. On the floor are a jug, a pan, a dish, and a dog. To the right above the hearth is the placard bearing the proverb, "Soo de ouden songen, soo pijpen de jongen " (" The old folk sing, the young folk pipe"). It is one of the best of Jan Steen's pictures in the Rijksmuseum ; it is beautiful in colour, finely executed in detail, and full of humour. Signed in full on the right and dated 1668 ; canvas, 44 inches by 56^ inches. A copy was in the possession of Ch. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100
