i JAN STEEN 167 leaning on the half-door of her house, watches the dancers. The front of the inn and the adjacent houses are overspread with vine foliage. Panel, i8| inches by 22^ inches. Sales. An artist [Paris?], 1773 (1599 francs). Montribloud, Paris, 1784 (1400 francs). De Calonne, Paris, 1784 (2122 francs). 640. A Country Fair. With numerous peasants, pedlars, and children. In the foreground a rustic couple dance. Panel, 10 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 20, 1810, No. 57 (4 florins 15, Van Dijl). 641. A Country Fair. A man and woman are dancing. A fiddler stands on a tub. In the foreground a woman with a child on her lap converses with a peasant. A boat with peasant men and women leaves the bank ; an innkeeper with a tankard in his hand waves a farewell. There is a fine landscape background. [Compare 641*7.] Canvas on panel, 23^ inches by 28| inches. Sales. The Hague, March 31, 1770, No. 8 (135 florins, Copius). G. Copius, The Hague, March 21, 1786, No. 14 (35 florins). A. Meynts, Amsterdam, July 15, 1823, No. 119 (860 florins, Endthoven); measuring 25 inches by 30 inches. 641*7. A Village Fair (or, "A Dutch Kermesse"). Near the entrance to an old tavern, above the door of which hangs the sign of an elephant, people look down upon a young fiddler, standing on a tub, who plays for some dancers. The tavern stands near a stream. A boatload of people push off from the shore ; a man on the bank raises his cap with his right hand and holds out a tankard in his left as a parting salute. In the background, to the right of the tavern, are a group of trees and a bridge over the stream. In the centre of the foreground is a family group with a basket of food and a black dog. Signed " J. Steen " ; canvas, 24 inches by 29^ inches. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; purchased in 1871. 642. A Fair. Rustic men and women dance before a tavern. There are other figures also. Canvas, 24^ inches by 32 inches. Sale. J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June i, 1829, No. 119 (200 florins, bought in). 642(7. A Ferry Boat and a Fair. Possibly the picture in the Walter collection (621). Sale. Sir J. Farquhar, London, 1831 (30: ios., Solly). 642^. Numerous Peasants in a Village. Canvas, 18 inches by 23 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 14, 1832, No. 93 (115 florins, Brondgeest). 643. A Country Fair. Sm. 188 ; W. 280. The scene is laid in front of an inn beside a canal, on the banks of which are many scattered
