i JAN STEEN IS 250. The Marriage of Tobias. Barent van Lin, The Hague, on April 1 8, 1676, delivered a picture of this subject to the notary Dispontijn in payment of a debt (A. Bredius). 25^. The Marriage of Tobias. A very good picture. Sale. Amsterdam, March 6, 1708 (205 florins). 26. The Beheading of Holofernes. The spectator looks into a tent, whose canvas walls are turned back on the left. Judith, in the right foreground, holds the severed head of Holofernes in her right hand. Her old servant stands near her, somewhat farther in, and holds out a sack. The corpse of the general lies on the bed. In the centre is a table with a candlestick, cups, and other things. Signed in full ; panel. Sale. Amsterdam, December 10, 1822. 27. The Birth of John the Baptist. Very carefully executed. Sale. Willem Six, Amsterdam, May 12, 1734, No. 45 (345 florins). 27*7. The Birth of John the Baptist. Sm. 26 ; W. 204. A composition of thirteen figures. The brush-work is as broad as that of Metsu j the execution is in the manner of G. Dou. Panel 26^ inches by 35 inches. Mentioned by Immerzeel and Ch. Blanc. Sale. G. Braamkamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 215 (1210 florins, P. Fouquet). 28. JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING IN THE WIL- DERNESS. Sm. 102 ; W. 206. On the left stands John, facing numerous hearers on the right. With them are a standard-bearer on a horse, a negro, and a richly clad woman with a plumed hat, who is seated, and has beside her a Turk in a blue turban, yellow dress, and red cloak. To the left are several figures in shadow. In the middle distance are high rocks. In the centre foreground are a woman nursing a babe, a man kneeling with folded hands, and a child dressed in green. The composition is not very spirited, and leaves one cold ; but several of the figures are well rendered. Signed in full in the right foreground ; canvas, 42^ inches by 45 inches. This picture is not identical with that of the Couwerwen sale (30), as Westrheene assumed. Sales. Roothaan, Amsterdam, March 29, 1826, No. 105 (730 florins, Van der Berg). (The landscape was ascribed to J. Wils.) Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 614 (2300 francs). (The landscape was ascribed to J. Hackaert.) Govelo. Emmerson, London, 1856 (75 : I2s., Nieuwenhuys). In the possession of the dealer Kleinberger, Paris, 1898 ; and of the dealer Goedhart, Amsterdam, 1901. Now in the Hage collection at Nivaa, near Copenhagen.
