xir ADRIAEN BROUWER 603 109. Peasants Carousing. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 618. In the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth. no. Merry Peasants. A drunken peasant sits at a table singing. He holds a beer-glass in his right hand. On the table is a jug with a handle, covered with a book. Another peasant standing behind speaks to the first man. A third man goes out at a door on the right. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. There are two replicas : (i) in the collection of the late St. C. Michel, Mainz, exhibited there in 1887, No. 35 ; and (2) in the Schleissheim Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 1046, on canvas, a picture formerly at Zweibriicken. In the collection of Count Joseph Truchsess, Nikolsburg, bought in 1812-13 for Darmstadt. In the Grand Ducal Gallery, Darmstadt, 1885 catalogue, No. 345. in. INTERIOR OF AN ALE- HOUSE. In the left fore- ground is a group of five peasants. One, seated on a tub, refills his pipe. On a stool in front of him are a pot, a lighted candle, and a cloth, with a pewter pot on the floor. Behind a large earthenware pot to the left a young man in a red cap sits smoking j two other peasants are singing. In the corner is a fifth man. On the right a man leans against a post with his right hand high against the beam. Above him hangs a red pitcher. On the right a child goes out at a door. At the back are four men and a woman before the fire. On the wall is a portrait-sketch. In a transparent brown tone. The composition, for Brouwer, is exceptionally complete. A re- plica of 1 06. Panel, 12^ inches by i6| inches. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 108 (old No. 54). 112. A PEASANT SINGING. On the floor of a room sits a young peasant, singing with wide-open mouth. He is in full face and looks at the spectator. His left leg is drawn up, and on the knee he holds with his left hand a pan ; his right hand grasps a jug. He wears a round felt hat, a grey doublet with yellow sleeves, and yellow breeches. Behind him to the left is a wooden stool with a piece of chalk on it ; above is a corner of the window with the open shutter. Round a table at the back are three noisy topers. On the left, above the singer's right shoulder, are the heads of two others. Oval panel, 5 inches by 7 inches. Acquired in 1892 under the bequest of F. M. Gontard. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort-on-Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 1 49 A. 113. FIVE SMOKERS IN A ROOM. In the foreground sits a man turned almost in profile to the right, but with his head to the front. He holds a pipe in his left hand and a jug in his right. His eyes are wide open ; he blows out a cloud of smoke. He wears a purple suit with a yellow doublet. Four other figures sit round the table. On the right a man in black with a white collar fills his pipe and looks at the spectator.
