74 JAN STEEN SECT. 245. A Priest hearing a Confession. He smilingly holds his pocket-handkerchief to his mouth while listening to the confession of the penitent. Signed ; panel, 7^ inches by 6 inches. Sale. Neville D. Goldsmid of The Hague, Paris, May 4, 1876, No. izi. 246. THE DRAUGHTSMAN. W. 469. A young man in brown is drawing a bust by the light of a candle, which is placed behind it. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner j panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. Exhibited in Utrecht, 1894, No. 432. Sale. J. Bleuland, Utrecht, May 6, 1839, No. 310. Formerly in the collection of Jos. H. L. Bouman, Utrecht. Now in the Lakenhal Museum, Leyden. 247. THE DRAWING-MASTER. Sm. 36 ; W. 348. A young girl is drawing a bust ; the master corrects the drawing. She looks on and at the same time sharpens her pencil ; in her left hand she holds a palette. Behind the table sits a boy. Upon the table is, among other objects, Lievens's woodcut of an old man. Behind a Flemish curtain is the studio, in which a picture just begun may be seen on an easel. In the right foreground is a fine still-life group, composed of a laurel wreath, a skull, a muff, a lute, and other things. This is a very fine picture. Panel, 18 inches by 15 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, May 15, 1708 (Hoet, i. 121), No. 7 (45 florins). F. van Hessel, Amsterdam, April n, 1747, No. I (255 florins). Due de Lavalliere, Paris, February 21, 1781 (1800 francs). In the possession of the dealers P. and D. Colnaghi, London, 1897 ; and of the dealers Forbes and Paterson, London, March 1901 (A. Bredius). Now in the possession of the dealers Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, London. 248. A Draughtsman in his Studio. Sale. Petronella de la Court, Amsterdam, October 19, 1707, No. 27 (105 florins). 249. HORSE-FAIR IN RIJSWIJK. In a large square, with trees and the church of Rijswijk at the back, and with a row of tents on the left, are numerous curious spectators and horse-lovers. Amidst the crowd is the coach-and-six of the Prince of Orange. On the left a family are seated on the grass, taking their luncheon. In the centre are horse- men and some children in a goat-chaise. On the right a drunken man is led away by his wife. In front of them is a boy on a hobby-horse. Lafenestre's catalogue states that the sky is probably painted by Jan van Goyen ; this is certainly not the case. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; canvas, 44 inches by 62 inches. Exhibited at The Hague, 1890, No. 101. Now in the collection of Victor de Stuers, The Hague. 250. THE HORSE-FAIR. A small and delicate picture, ascribed
