xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 591 half-opened door leads into an adjacent room ; farther right is a man seen from the back. Five of these figures except the man with the beer- glass form the composition in 76. [Pendant to 118.] Panel, 13 inches by 22 inches. In the Prado Gallery, Madrid, 1907 catalogue, No. 1218. 79. THE TRIO SINGING. On the left is a table with a desk on which lies a paper, apparently a sheet of music. Behind it sits a peasant, seen in full face, who bends over the paper so that his face is half hidden by his broad-brimmed hat ; his mouth is open. Beside him to the right sits a second peasant, whose face only is seen in a three-quarter view. He looks on the paper and opens his mouth wide as if singing loudly. On the right, close to the table, the third man sits in profile to the left, wearing a tall hat. He laughs and holds a paper. On the back wall to the right is a drawing of the head of a man in profile to the left, who looks up. Panel, 12 inches by 9^ inches. In the Prado Gallery, Madrid, 1907 catalogue, No. 1217. 80. PEASANTS SINGING. In the centre of a room a man sits on a three-legged stool, seen from the left and back. He wears a broad- brimmed hat with a pipe stuck in the band, and is singing. Beside him to the right stands a second man in profile to the left ; he also sings. Between them at the back sits a third man singing in profile to the left. To the left, behind the first man, sits a fourth man, seen in full face, who is singing. To the left near him bread and beer are placed on a cask in front of the fire. Behind it to the right sits a woman who gives her child a drink from a cup. Beside her to the left is the head of a man drinking from a bowl. Farther to the left stands a man, seen in full face ; in front of him a boy leans on a wooden bench. A jug stands on the floor in front of the cask. In the wall to the right is a large window, through which are seen trees. On the window-sill is a bowl. In the right foreground a bitch with puppies lies near a hat. Panel, 17 inches by 23 inches. Engraved by J. A. Stengelmaier and L. Kiihn. In the Electoral Gallery, Munich. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 894. 81. INTERIOR OF AN INN. Two peasants are singing. One sits at a table, holding a beer-glass. The other stands. In the doorway at the back is a third figure, seen from the back. There is little local colour. Panel, 12 inches by 9 inches. In the La Caze collection, Paris. In the Louvre, Paris, La Caze bequest, 1903 catalogue, No. 1913. 82. THE SINGERS. A group of three peasants. One sits on a stool in the middle, facing the spectator, with his right foot on another stool close to a jug. He sings with his right hand uplifted ; his left hand rests on the head of a man kneeling in front of him to the right. This
