58 JAN STEEN SECT. physicians sit at a table covered with a green cloth ; one examines a urine-glass, the other looks attentively at a young woman standing behind the group ; to the right another person turns away. Signed "S." at the bottom to the right; panel, 14^ inches by n inches. Sale. Marie von Robert and others, Cologne, March 27, 1893, No. 295. 172. THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. Sm. 76; W. 362. The physician, dressed in black, feels the pulse of a young girl, seated beside a table, on which are the remains of a meal. Near them a woman is playing on a spinet. A girl opens the door and speaks to a young man who, with hat in hand, steps across the threshold. Behind the girl is a laughing boy with a herring in his hand. On the floor is an open letter. Signed in full ; panel, 1 7^ inches by 1 1 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1878, No. 113. [Pendant to 478.] Sales. J. H. van Heemskerck, The Hague, March 29, 1770, No. 109 (314 florins, C. van Heemskerck). C. van Heernskerck, The Hague, November 16, 1783, No. 2 (500 florins, Baron Nagel). Crawford, London, 1 806, No. 1 3, under the title " The Unexpected Return " (63, Lord Kinnaird). (Possibly) Albert Levy, London, 1876 (204 : 153.). [Cf. 164.] J. Louis Mieville, London, April 29, 1899, No. 83 (798, Agnew and Sons). Identical with 164? 173. THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. The sick woman lies in bed; near her stand the physician and a second woman. The physician examines the contents of a bottle in his right hand, which he holds up to the light. 15^ inches by 12^ inches. In the De Clercq collection. Sale. Van der Meulen and others, Amsterdam, April 3, 1900, No. 82. 174. THE PHYSICIAN'S VISIT. (?) Sm. 37 ; W. 245. The girl sits to the right on a footstool. The physician stands beside a table, examining the contents of a bottle. A woman supports the head of the girl and appears to be unloosing her corset. The picture is genuine, but weak, with some good details. Signed in full upon a prescription lying on the table ; n inches by inches. Possibly identical with 146 (Sm. 37, W. 245). Sales. G. de Clercq, Amsterdam, June I, 1897, No. 95 (1000 florins, Preyer). Berlin, January 24, 1899, No. 40. Amsterdam, April 16, 1901, No. 140. 175. A Physician visiting a Sick Girl. Sm. Suppl. 13 ; W. 141. A pretty young girl, wearing a grey silk jacket trimmed with white fur and a scarlet skirt, sits to the right ; she leans her head upon a cushion resting on a large book, which lies on a table covered with a cloth. Before her stands a physician with a thin and serious face ; he wears a brown
