r xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 605 Sales. G. Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 37 (500 florins, Fouquet) described as Brouwer's masterpiece, Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 53 (2400 francs, Dainval). Clos, Paris, November 28, 1812 (1000 francs) noted by Ch. Blanc (ii. 291). Lapeyriere, Paris, April 14, 1817 (2401 francs, Duke of Wellington). In the collection of the Duke of Wellington, Apsley House, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 86. ~n8. PEASANTS AT AN INN. In the left foreground is a group of five peasants smoking and drinking. The central figure sits facing the spectator. He holds up a clay pipe in his right hand. Behind him to the left stands a man, seen in full face, who smiles as he fills his pipe. In front of him sits a third man on a wooden bench in profile to the right, with his left foot on a foot-warmer in the middle. He holds a pipe in his mouth with his right hand and lights it with a burning splinter which he has in his left. On the right of the group is an old man in profile to the left, seated on an upturned tub ; his left hand is on his hip and his right hand lifts his jug to his lips. Behind him to the right is the laughing face of a man seated on a wooden chair, raising a beer- glass in his right hand. On a tub in the right foreground are jugs, bowls, and a pan. Other jugs are scattered about the room. In the right back- ground a man and woman, seen from the back, sit on a wooden bench before a blazing fire. To the right of them a man, with legs wide apart, stands facing the spectator and conversing with another man who stands to the left in profile to the right. On the right a man goes out at a door. On the left is an open window. [Pendant to 78.] Panel, 13 inches by 22 inches. In the Prado, Madrid, 1907 catalogue, No. 1219. 119. TWO PEASANTS SMOKING. In a bare room a fire blazes to the left. In the middle two peasants, turned to the left, sit on a low wooden bench. The nearer man, in a three-quarter view, holds his pipe in his right hand and his jug in his left which hangs down. He blows out a cloud of smoke. His right foot is advanced, but his left is drawn back. He wears a cap, a doublet, long breeches, and shoes. Behind him to the left sits another peasant in a fur cap, who bends forward to the fire to light a spill, held in his outstretched left hand. Panel, 8 inches by 7^ inches. In the Mannheim Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 88 1. 120. THE SMOKING PARTY. In a room six peasants sit smoking round a table. The nearest man, seated on a chair in full face with his legs crossed, seems asleep. He wears a cap ; his right hand is thrust into his doublet, while his left hand, with the elbow supported on the arm of his chair, holds a short clay pipe. Behind him to the left an elderly peasant sits on a bench, looking at him. This second man rests his right hand on the seat and holds a pipe in his left hand. Behind him to the left a third man, seen from the back, sits on a tub. Beside it to
