36 JAN STEEN SECT. An old copy of a similar subject was in the Depret collection, Paris, measuring 24 inches by 27^ inches. Sales. Ew. van Dishoek, The Hague, June 9, 1745, No. 19 (200 florins). W. Lormier, The Hague (Hoet, ii. 439), July 4, 1763, No. 247 (630 florins). Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 189 (184 florins, Van der Schley) measuring 42 inches by 56 inches. [See 99.] Formerly in the Grtlnauer collection. Now in the collection of the Baroness Aug. Stummer von Tavornok, Vienna, 1895 catalogue, No. 173. 95*. The Merry Party ("Soo de ouden songen, soo pijpen de jongen"). "An important picture." Sale. Amsterdam, May 25, 1712 (Hoet, i. 143), No. 4 (101 florins). 95/5-. The Merry Party ("Soo de ouden songen, soo pijpen de jongen"). A very fine work, superbly painted. Sale. Quiryn van Bicsum, Amsterdam, October 18, 1719 (Hoet, i. 234), No. 145 (125 florins). 96. The Merry Party ("Soo de ouden songen, soo pijpen de jongen"). In a peasant dwelling numerous persons are eating and drinking, singing and playing. The composition is full of spirit and the execution is exceptionally vigorous. 42 inches by 37^ inches. Sales. C. van Wolffen, Leyden, August 31, 1745, No. 2 (148 florins, Wierman). J. P. Wierman, Amsterdam, August 18, 1762, No. 43 (150 florins). Amsterdam, September 17, 1766, No. 58 (160 florins). 97. A Peasant Family, called "Soo de ouden songen, soo pijpen de jongen"). W. 328. The man and the woman are singing. 27 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Arnoud Leers, Amsterdam, May 19, 1767, No. 56 (9 florins 10). 98. The Merry Party ("Soo de alten songen, soo pijpen de jongen ") in a landscape. In the middle sits an old man singing. Near him is an old woman ; behind her to the left a girl is making a dog dance, and a boy holds a cat. A woman has a child in her lap ; near her are a man and a woman playing on the bagpipes. In the middle distance is a peasant dwelling with a great tree ; two boys are playing a flute, among a group of rustic men and women who are eating and drinking. In the background is a church, standing amidst big trees. The whole scene is painted with much ease and vigour. Canvas, 41 inches by 36 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, March 6, 1769, No. 13. 99. The Merry Party (" Soo de ouden songen, soo pijpen de jongen"). The company are seated under an arbour overgrown with vines, in front of the door of a mansion. On the table, which is covered with a handsome coloured cloth, are glasses and goblets. In the right
