SNYDERS (Fraxs)
(15“q-1657)
39. — The Bear Fight
Nine dogs are lighting two bears, one of which, standing upright on the right, has seized a dog with his fore-paws, pressing him in a deadly hug to his breast. The other bear, on the left, hard pressed by his antagonists, is biting the foremost of them in the jaw.
Canvas, 80 in. by 110 in.
From the Collection of Colonel Unthank, ol Intwood Hall, near Norwich.
STEEN (Jan)
(about 1626-1679)
40. - Interior of a Village Inn
In the centre of the room, a woman is eating her soup, seated near a table, at which are two men, one of whom is lighting his pipe at a brasier, while the other, a glass in his upraised right hand, seems to drink the health of some one. On the right is a woman receiving some coins from a man, who has a basket containing fowls slung on a stick over his shoulder. Part of a landscape is seen through the half-door of the room.
Signed : J. Steen.
Panel, 22 in. by 26 1/4 in.
From the Collection of M. Jules Porges, Paris.
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