i JAN STEEN 107 410. A TERRACE SCENE WITH FIGURES (or, The Concert). Sm. Suppl. 26; W. 156. Upon the marble . pavement of a terrace with a stone balustrade sits a lady, facing to the left and leaning her left arm on a stone plinth. She has an open music-book in her lap, and appears to be singing, to the accompaniment of a man with a mando- line, whose figure is partly hidden by the stone plinth behind her to the right. A man with a red feather in his hat, who sits at her side on an upturned tub, with his back to the spectator, turns towards her ; he holds a glass in his left hand and appears to be singing also. A tree behind the musician casts a shade over the group. From the terrace the broad plain below is visible. To the left is a basket of fruit ; in the right foreground is a large flask of wine. Signed "J. Steen " on the plinth ; panel, 17 inches by 24 inches. In the collection of the Hon. Long Pole Wellesley, Brussels, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. Wellesley, Brussels, June 15, 1846 (Nieuwenhuys). Adrian Hope, London, June 30, 1894 (819, for the National Gallery). Now in the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 1421. 411. THE LUTE-PLAYER. A young woman in a yellow and blue dress sits on a terrace. Opposite her is a man in brownish red, who holds up a glass in his left hand. Behind them are a pair of lovers embrac- ing. Similar in style to, and of about the same date as, the picture in the National Gallery (410). Canvas, 15 inches by 19^ inches. Formerly in the collection of the Marquess of Hertford. Now in the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 150. 412. THE HARPSICHORD LESSON. Sm. 50; W. 353.- To the left sits a girl, in profile to the right, at a harpsichord. In the right foreground an old man with a tall hat stands leaning over the instrument, and points with his right forefinger to the position of the girl's hands. He supports himself with his left hand on the arm of a chair, from which he has just risen. On the wall is a picture of cupids, partly concealed by a curtain. Under it hangs a key. The picture is delicate in execution. Signed (according to Waagen) ; panel, 14^ inches by 19 inches. Described by Charles Blanc and Waagen (ii. 227) as in the collection of Edmund Phipps. Sales. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 27, 1777, No. 129 (1200 francs). Due de Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (131 francs). B. de Bosch, Amsterdam, March 10, 1817, No. 19. General Phipps, London, 1859 (225 : 153., Mawson). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford. Now in the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 154. 413. THE MANDOLINE-PLAYER. A girl holds a mandoline in her left hand and a glass in her right. Near her is a table, on which are a jug and a dish of oranges. Now in the Nimes Museum, Gower collection, I 50.
