59 6 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. his face. On a chair to the left sits a man playing the fiddle and singing. On the right, seen almost from the back, the third man sits on an up- turned tub, with his legs outstretched, and sings aloud. On the table are a pipe and a glass ; near the fiddler is a jug. Signed on the tub, "A. B." ; panel, io inches by 9^ inches. Sale. H. D. Roussel, Brussels, May 23, 1893, No. 38. ""^J. The Musician. In a cottage room a man in a black cloak, seated on an upturned basket, plays the fiddle and sings. Another man opposite parodies his movements with a knife and the tongs. Behind him and at the half-opened door are three other figures. Panel, 10 inches by 17 inches. Safe. Krupp, junior, and others, Cologne, October 29, 1894, No. 26. 9!. The Young Singers. Outside a cottage door children sing loudly. Their parents watch them from the door. Of the early period. Panel, y| inches by 6| inches. Sales. Hauptraann, Paris, March 22, 1897, No. 6. Haemacher, Amsterdam, November 30, 1897, No. 13 (280 florins, Duits). "^3. The Guitar-Player. A young man in his shirt and breeches sits on a chair, on the back of which hangs his cap. He plays the guitar and sings. On a stool covered with a cloth, beside him, are a cat and a jug. At the back an old woman and a young man sit at a table con- versing. Signed with the monogram ; oval panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Ch. Sedelmeyer, Berlin, November 16, 1897, No. 5. ^94. A YOUNG MAN PLAYING. He plays the guitar and sings. At the back a man and woman converse at a table. 12 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Brunswig and others, Cologne, June 3, 1899, No. 10. Ballad-Singers. Panel. Sale. Edward Robinson, London, November 26, 1906, No 24. Learning the Flute. In the right foreground of a room a woman sits on a tub-chair facing left, and holds a flute to her lips with both hands. She wears a ball-shaped felt hat over a cap, and an apron over her dress. Behind her to the left a peasant leans with both elbows on the table and points with the little finger of his right hand to the hole on which the woman should put her left forefinger. A man standing at the back watches them. On the table is a jug. In front is a stool on which lies a mandoline and against which leans a violoncello. Described from an etching published by L. de Widt, with the inscription : " Lustig, speelt en singt gesellen, Besje leert de noten stellen." (" The merry companion plays and sings, and teaches Bessie the notes.") The original is lost.
