66 JAN STEEN SECT. 207. The Dropsical Woman. Composition of three figures, in which the genius and the brush work of Jan Steen are at once recognised. Signed with the monogram; canvas, i6 inches by 12^ inches. Sale. B. Boele, Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. 4 (50 florins). 208. A Peasant having a Tooth drawn by a Quack. Panel, 22 inches by 19 inches. Sale. R. J. Bouricius, Arnhem, September 18, 1826, No. 119 (3 florins). 209. A Barber-Surgeon bandaging a Peasant's Leg. With a woman standing near. Very expressive. Panel. Sale. Amsterdam, May 10, 1830, No. 117 (38 florins, Barbiers). 2090. The Surgeon. Sm. 170; W. 166. The surgeon is dressing a wound on the back of an old man seated in an arm-chair. An old woman leans on the back of the chair ; beside her stands a man smoking his pipe. Panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. Probably Sm. was mistaken in asserting that it was in the " Musee " at Frankfort ; no such picture can be traced in the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut. A picture corresponding to the description occurred in the sale : L. Flameng, Paris, April 14, 1882, No. 70; it came from the Patrick Anderson collection. 210. A Surgery. Sm. 68 and Suppl. 41 ; W. 266. The surgeon is bandaging the foot of an old peasant. The man wears a yellow jacket with striped sleeves and a large grey cloak, and has laid his right leg on a chair. An elderly woman stands near. In the background are a boy with a mortar and a girl, who is seen on the farther side of a half-door. Panel, 16^ inches by 12^ inches. Sales. De la Court-Backer, Leyden, September 8, 1766, No. 57 (160 florins, Van der Velde). P. J. F. Vrancken, Lookeren, 1838 (770 francs, Steyaart). 211. The Consulting-Room of a Surgeon. He is operating on a man's back. By Jan Steen, or after him. Panel, 9 inches by 8 inches. Sale. E. J. Eelkama, Amsterdam, July 6, 1840 (25 florins, Roos). 212. The Village Surgeon. Sm. Suppl. 16; W. 128. The surgeon wears a brown jacket and apron and a linen hat, and carries a case of instruments at his girdle. He is carefully removing the plaster from his patient's ear. The peasant's wife stands near, with a basket on her arm. Different accessories lie about. Panel, 22| inches by 12^ inches. Exhibited at the British Gallery, 1837. In the collection of M. J. Barnes in 1842 (Sm.). 213. A Quack Doctor. Sm. Suppl. ioij W. 265. The scene is
