48 JAN STEEN SECT. blue cushion and a foot- warmer. It is a good picture, but inferior to the picture of a similar subject in the same collection (130). Signed in full on the right ; oak panel, 23 inches by i8| inches. Described by Reveil, Ch. Blanc, and others. Formerly in the collection of G. van Slingelandt (Hoet, ii. 406), and in that of the Stadtholder William V. (Terw. 710). Now in the Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, 1895 catalogue, No. 167. 132. THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. Sm. 119; W. 34. An old woman, wearing a blue skirt and red bodice, gives a syringe to the doctor, who is dressed in grey. He turns towards a young girl, who lies in a bed with green curtains on the right. In the background to the left are three laughing spectators, one of whom holds up a tall glass. Upon a table covered with an oriental carpet are a plate, a flask, and a napkin. To the right are a dog, a chamber-utensil, and a pair of red slippers. The same girl is painted in the picture at the Rijksmuseum (129). Oak panel, i8 inches by 15 J inches. Engraved by R. de Bois. Now in the Steengracht collection, The Hague (where it was in 1833). 133. THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. Sm. 114; W. 247. A young woman reclines in a half-sitting attitude before her bed ; she stretches out her hand as if to repulse a woman who kneels in front of her with a syringe. Behind the young woman is the mother ; farther back is a girl, who laughs at a boy standing at the door in the background. The doctor is in the centre of the room. This little picture is of the first rank. It is admirably drawn, and the colouring, composed almost exclusively of yellow and brownish-red tints, is harmonious. Oak panel, 12 inches by 9^ inches. Sales. D. Grenier, Middelburg, August 18, 1712, No. 52 (19 florins). (Probably) Is. Hoogenbergh, Amsterdam, April 10, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 83), No. 40 (78 florins). E. M. Engelberts, Amsterdam, August 25, 1817, No. 90 (460 florins, Roos). L. B. Coders and others, Amsterdam, April 19, 1819, No. 88 (1250 florins, Brondgeest). Heris of Brussels, Paris, March 25, 1841 (5500 francs). Vicomte de Buisseret, Brussels, April 29, 1891, No. 1 08. Formerly in the collection of Jul. O. Gottschald, Leipzig, 1901 catalogue, No. 36. Now in the Leipzig Museum ; Gottschald bequest. 134. THE SICK GIRL. Sm. 77 and Suppl. loand 12 ; W. 246. The girl, who has suddenly become faint, lies on a bed hung with red curtains and covered with a Turkey carpet. Another girl bends over her, and a man feels her pulse. Jan Steen brings forward as medicine a pie and a jug of wine. In the background are four persons, one of whom is open- ing oysters. All the spectators are laughing immoderately at the incident. It is a very fine picture. Signed in full on the left ; canvas, 19^ inches by 14^ inches.
