>fc xn ADRIAEN BROUWER 625 ground is a half-opened door leading outside. Above to the left is a window-shutter of rough boards, with caricatures painted on it. In the centre foreground are two jugs. Panel, 12 J inches by 17 inches. Other examples which may or may not be identical are 1. Sale. Jean Louis Mieville, London, April 29, 1899, No. 56 (AS : i os.). In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1902, No. I measuring z inches by i6 inches. In a private collection in Paris. 2. Sale. J. Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam, July I, 1833, No. ii (245 florins, Smith) measuring 12^ inches by 18 inches. 3. Sale. Meffre the elder, Paris, February 25, 1845, No. 9 measuring 12^ inches by 16^ inches. 4. Signed in full and dated 1635 ; panel, 12 J inches by 15^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1888, No. 1 08. In the collection of F. L. James, London, 1888. In the Electoral Gallery, Munich. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 888. ip. A GAME OF CARDS. In the middle of a room, a man sits, in profile to the left, astride on a wooden bench which serves also as a card-table. He wears a tall hat and holds up his cards. He looks down at the cards which the adversary openly shows him. This man sits on a chair, wearing a fur cap and looking at his cards. Between the two sits a spectator, seen in full face with his head turned to the left and his cap awry. He lifts a jug to his lips with his right hand. Between him and the player on the left, farther back, stands another spectator, with his face almost concealed by his hat. In the right background a fifth peasant enters at a door. Panel, 9! inches by 13^ inches. In the Electoral Gallery, Munich. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 891. "i6orf. A Party playing Cards. Large figures. Panel, 24^ inches by 2o| inches. In the collection of Willem Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 419): he had bought it from Pieter Boetens, Leyden (for 250 florins), according to his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 40. Sale. W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 316), No. 41 (125 florins). i bob. Card-Players. Sale. J. van der Vinne, Haarlem, May 13, 1754, No. 29. i6or. Card-Players. 13^ inches by 17^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 26, 1763, No. 52. VOL. Ill 2 S
