i JAN STEEN 23 56. THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON. He is received by his father at the threshold. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner; canvas, 41 inches by 33^ inches. Sale. Berlin, May 18, 1897, No. 103. 57. The Unjust Steward. W. 212. With many figures. Good in composition and execution. [Probably identical with 61.] 58^ inches by 78 inches. Sale. Pook and Theodorus van Pee, The Hague, May 23, 1747, No. 12 (136 florins). 58. THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZ- ARUS. With the inscription " In Weelde ziet toe." It is spirited in colour, but, as a composition, is lacking in harmony ; it does not count among the artist's best works. Signed in full. Now in the Hoogendijk collection, The Hague (exhibited at Rotterdam, 1899, No. 14). 59. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Sm. 184 ; W. 103. In a handsomely furnished room the rich man sits with numerous guests at a well-appointed table upon a dai's. The ragged Lazarus crouches on the floor in the foreground. He looks imploringly at a woman who stands behind the balustrade, shaking the crumbs from the tablecloth upon him. An " excellent production " (Sm.). Signed in full, and dated 1667 ; canvas on panel, i inches by 33 inches. Sales. Thomas Schwencke, The Hague, October 6, 1767, No. 30 (28 florins 5). Hendrik Verschuuring, The Hague, September 17, 1770, No. 173. Bicker and Wijckersloot, Amsterdam, July 19, 1809, No. 50 (405 florins, Reyers). In the possession of the dealer Woodburn in 1833. 60. Christ Blessing Little Children. Numerous figures in a landscape. Signed in full ; panel, 15 inches by 17 inches. Sale. J. B. van den Bergh, Amsterdam, July 15, 1833, No. 230. 61. The Steward paying the Men their Wages (The Workers in the Vineyard). W. 212. A masterpiece of the artist's. [Probably identical with 57.] 54^ inches by 74^ inches. Sales. David letswaart, Amsterdam, April 22, 1749, No. 87 (44 florins). Amsterdam, June 4, 1766, appendix, No. 10. 62. JESUS DRIVING THE MONEY-CHANGERS OUT OF THE TEMPLE. In a spacious hall with two entrances at the back and a pillared structure with two window-openings in the middle, stands
