' xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 609 Panel, I2| inches by 21 inches. In the collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 131. The Drinker. An old man dressed in white with white hair and beard sits, facing right, at a table ; he holds a beer-glass in his left hand. Behind him to the right sits another man, seen in full face, who fills his pipe ; he wears a brown costume and a black cap. In the left background is a third peasant, who turns to the wall. This may be genuine but is not convincing. The letters in the monogram are unusual. Signed on the table-top with the monogram ; panel, 13 inches by 10 inches. In the Crozat collection. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 937. 132. A TAVERN SCENE. Two peasants sit smoking and drinking. A third man, eyeglass in hand, watches them through a window. One man, wearing grey breeches, a pink doublet, and a red cap, threatens the watcher with a broom. The other man, wearing black breeches, a green doublet, and a grey hat, laughs and fills his pipe. Behind them stands an old woman. In the right background, near the fire, are a man and a little boy. In the right foreground are a bread-basket, a broken jug, and a block of wood with a broom leaning against it. Quiet in tone ; the red cap is the only touch of local colour. Panel, 10 inches by 13 inches. In the Crozat collection. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 939. 133. PEASANTS SMOKING. On the left are six peasants ; to the right is the seventh, lighting his pipe. In the right background are three other figures at an open door. In the collection of the Earl of Dysart, Ham House, near Richmond. 134. THE TOPERS. On the right, at a table on which lie a loaf and a knife, a man sits in profile to the left, singing ; he has a beer-glass in his left hand and a clay pipe in his right. Behind him to the left sits another man, seen in full face ; he too sings, as he balances a jug on his right thumb. Behind him to the right stands a third man, with his right forefinger at his lips. On the left, a fourth man leans his left arm on the table and sleeps ; his face is not visible. In the collection of L. Nardus, Suresnes. 135. FIVE PEASANTS SMOKING AND DRINKING.- They sit on a bench. Signed. In the collection of M. Strauss, Vienna. 135^. Peasants at an Inn round the Fire. Sale. P. P. Rubens, Antwerp, May 1641, No. 273 (Sm. Suppl. p. 364). 135^ Peasants singing and smoking. A small picture. Sale. Amsterdam, June 10, 1705 (Hoet, i. 79), No. 16 (31 florins 10). VOL. Ill 2 R
