i JAN STEEN 133 before him. In all there are about twenty figures. It is sketchy in execution. It is almost too good for a copy, but its authenticity is not to be affirmed without reserve. Now in the Hoogendijk collection, The Hague, No. 119; the collection has been lent to the Rijksmuseum (1907). 496*7. The Twelfth Night Feast. Sm. Suppl. 47 ; W. 130. It is a composition of about twenty figures, most of whom are intoxicated. Among the various groups is noticeable a drunken old man probably the " king " who is dressed in yellow and has a napkin tied round his neck. A man and a woman raise him on to a table, upon which are two persons. One of them is seated ; the other stands and raises his glass, apparently drinking the " king's " health. Two men and a woman kneel respectfully before the " king." A woman gives her child the breast ; two men sit at a table. Near them are a fiddler and a bagpiper. In the confusion a bench has been overturned, and various objects are strewn about the floor. " Painted in a free and masterly manner " (Sm.). Canvas, 24! inches by 31 1 inches. Possibly identical with (W. 261) 499, and probably also with 496. Formerly in the possession of the dealer Woodburn, of London. In the collection of William Crerie, Manchester, in 1 842 (Sm.). 497. TWELFTH NIGHT. A very numerous company. It is a somewhat restless composition, but makes a very good impression. Now in the collection of the Duke of Bedford, London. 498. THE TWELFTH NIGHT FEAST. Sm. 97 ; W. 56.- The " king," seated at the head of a well-covered table, raises his glass to his lips ; a woman with a child at her breast sits at the table watching him ; an old woman to the left of the "king" and a man with a basket on his head try to make him laugh. In the foreground a small child, holding up its frock, tries to jump over three lighted tapers on the ground without extinguishing them. To the left a youth with a stick stands and salutes the king. At the table also are seated a man and a young woman who are conversing. Beneath a gallery with windows, which is approached by a staircase, stands a laughing man who holds up two pipes. In the left fore- ground a dog licks out a pan. Signed in full ; panel, i6| inches by 22 inches. Described by Nagler and Waagen (ii. 10). Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1826 and 1827 ; and in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1877, No. 120. S*&._Willett Willett, London, 1813 (265). In the collection of King William IV., 1833 (Sm.). Now at Buckingham Palace, London, 1885 catalogue, No. 64. 498*7. Twelfth Night. See W. 263. A large artistic picture. Sak. Amsterdam, April 20, 1695 (Hoet, i. 28), No. 2 (130 florins). 498^. Twelfth Night. See W. 263. A masterpiece of the artist's. Sak. Amsterdam, May 1 6, 1696 (Hoet, i. 37), No. 63 (129 florins).
