i 4 JAN STEEN SECT. Sates. Amsterdam, May 6, 1845, No. 126 (800 florins, Roos). Amsterdam, August 23, 1850, No. 70 (850 florins). Rotterdam, May 14, 1851, No. 175 (155 florins). In the collection of J. S. de Bruyn, Rotterdam (according to Westrheene, 1856). 2oa. Esther and Ahasuerus. Sale. Amsterdam, September 17, 1727, No. 16 (135 florins). [Cf. W. 184 ; I7-] 20*. Esther and Ahasuerus. Sate.Wittem Six, Amsterdam, May 12, 1734, No - *34 (*9 florins). 21. Esther, Ahasuerus, and Haman. Sale. D. Reus, Amsterdam, May 24, 1752, No. 24 (16 florins, 10). [Cf. W. 184; 17.] 22. Haman and Mordecai. Sale. C. Wittert van Valkenburg, Rotterdam, April n, 1731, No. 60 (150 florins). 23. Tobias Praying 1 . W. 213. A small picture. Sale. Leyden, June 15, 1764, No. 17 (30 florins). 24. Tobias Healing his Father. W. 1 7. The young Tobias is completing the operation. He wears an Oriental costume, while the other personages wear the Dutch costume of the time. His mother holds a candlestick in her left hand ; with her right she grasps the hand of old Tobias to give him courage. Beside her stands the angel. Two old people and children look on. In the left background are three figures beside the fire. The scene is illumined by two lamps. The mingled sympathy and curiosity of the spectators are well suggested. The angel's figure is unusually large, for Jan Steen. The laboured brush- work and the bewildering light and shade led Westrheene to suppose that this was an early work of Steen's. Canvas, 28^ inches by 32^ inches. Formerly in the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1859 catalogue, No. 309. The picture was destroyed by fire in 1864. 25. The Marriage of Tobias. W. 2140. The commissary stands on the right at a table covered with a cloth. The mother reads aloud the marriage contract ; the father stands listening. At the back a young man brings oranges. In the centre is Tobias with his bride j he looks sad and is comforted by an angel standing behind him. A servant pours out wine. From the ceiling hangs a chandelier. Through the window is a view of a landscape. The picture is carefully executed, and belongs to the artist's best period. Canvas, 41^ inches by 49^ inches. Sale. The widow Westerhof (nee Van der Schagen), Amsterdam, May 1 6, 1781 (1300 florins, Hoofman). In the collection of Mme. Hoofman, Haarlem. In the collection of Quarles van Ufford. In the possession of the dealer Nieuwenhuys.
