i JAN STEEN 229 845. The old Rat comes to the Trap at last. A comely girl is in a curtained bed to the right. An old man at the back is embracing her. The bed-clothes fall down in disorder in the centre of the picture. An old woman leaning on a stick stands in the left background, threaten- ing the couple with upraised hand. Between her and the bed is a cradle with a sleeping child. In the left foreground is a large rat-trap. Mr. R. E. Fry, curator of paintings at the Metropolitan Museum, thinks this " an undoubted authentic example of the master's work." Canvas, 31 inches by 26 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 23, 1850, No. 29. Now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, No. 1 1 ; purchased in 1871. 845*. A Scene in a Brothel (or, The Courtesan). Sm. 86 ; W. 387. A young woman sits on the edge of a bed, receiving from an officer a sum of money with which she seems by no means satisfied. In the background is an old woman. Panel, 20^ inches by 16 inches. [Probably identical with 831.] Saks. Sabatier, Paris, March 20, 1809 (455 francs). Baron von Mecklenburg, Paris, December 1 1, 1854 (5700 francs). 845^. An Interior. Steen sitting near a bed j a woman in green ; an old man reading. Sale. London, 1855 (jio8, Pearce). 845*:. Three Men offering Presents to a Girl. Clear and care- fully rendered. In the collection of Matthew Anderson, Jesmond Cottage, near Manchester, in 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 480). 845^. A Scene in a Brothel. A drunken man has his attention diverted by a girl while a man steals his purse from his pocket. Panel. In the Pinecker collection, Wiirzburg, in 1863 (Parthey, ii. No. 37). 846. A Scene in a Brothel. A young woman in a loose gown with a white kerchief offers a glass of wine to an elderly lover. She receives money from him and laughs at his wit. Panel, 8 inches by 8 inches. Sale. J. J. Chapuis, Brussels, December 4, 1865, No. 378 (200 francs). 847. A Scene in a Brothel. W. 37. In a tavern a jovial man in black, wearing his hat, sits on a wooden bench. He gives money to an old woman, who wears a brown jacket and a green skirt, and has a bottle hanging at her right side. Behind them a girl lies in bed ; she pushes back the curtains. On the floor is a chamber utensil. A sword and a lantern hang on the bed. In the background a man leans on the half- door. The picture is spirited in expression, and every detail is vividly rendered. Signed in full ; panel, I2| inches by 10 inches.
