io JAN STEEN SECT. meal. In front of it two children play with a dog. There are in all sixteen figures. Signed in full to the right and dated 1668 ; canvas, 25 inches, by 30^ inches. Safes. G. Bruyn, Amsterdam, March 16, 1724, No. 7 (300 florins). Wynand Coole, Rotterdam, August 6, 1782, No. 65, 1787 (600 florins). D. de Jongh, Rotterdam, March 26, 1810 (370 florins). In the collection of N. Oosthuyzen, The Hague. In the possession of the dealer C. Sedelmeyer, Paris (Catalogue of 300 Paintings by old masters, 1898, No. 195). Now in the collection of Oskar Huldschinsky, Berlin. lo*. Samson and Delilah. Sale. In London, 1863, bought in for 141 : ijs. u. SAMSON MOCKED BY THE PHILISTINES In a large hall hung with tapestry and having two arched openings for windows, Samson in fetters kneels on the ground. One Philistine pulls at the chain on his, hands, another threatens him with a short sword. Two children hold him with strings which are tied to the fetters on his legs. Samson looks angrily to the left at Delilah, who sits at a table on a dais and scoffs at him. A turbaned man lays his arm round her ; two other men at the table are paying money to Delilah and a procuress. Round Samson are jubilant Philistines, among them a negro ; to the right are a dwarf and a soldier, with a trooper behind them. In the window arch are many soldiers' spears. To the left a flight of steps, upon which stand trumpeters, leads to a platform from which mocking spectators look down. In the foreground are a jug, dishes, shears, a turban, and a dog j to the left is a Persian carpet upon an arm-chair. Signed in full in the right foreground ; canvas, 26^ inches by 33 inches. Sale. E. Hooft, widow of W. Valckenier, Amsterdam, August 31, 1796, No. 37 (305 florins, Spruyt). Formerly in the Baut de Rasmon collection (purchased from Spruyt of Ghent). Now in the Antwerp Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 338, from the Van den Hecke and Baut de Rasmon bequest. 12. SAMSON IN THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES. Sin. 89 ; W. 144. In a lofty vaulted hall with pillars, which is closed at the back by a red curtain, Samson in fetters kneels on the ground. Behind him the executioner is telling two Philistines that he will blind the prisoner. On the right Delilah receives her money ; a man who resembles the painter lays his arm on her shoulder. Soldiers look on ; a youth blows a trumpet. On the extreme right is a soldier with a halberd and a high hat ; a youth in front of him stretches out his hand towards the money- bags. In the foreground lie a dog, a pair of shears, and Samson's locks of hair. To the left three children pull at the chain which is fastened around Samson's neck. Around him is a group of people, among them soldiers, a
