630 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. In the Van Heteren collection, acquired by the Rijksmuseum, 1809. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No 642. 167. A Fight over Cards at an Inn. In the centre is a group of five persons. One player has been knocked down by a blow on the fore- head from a beer-jug ; his adversary holds him by the throat. A spectator tries to separate them. A woman turns her head towards a person who looks on from behind a partition. Another woman puts her head through a half-opened door. Regarded as doubtful. Panel, 12^ inches by i8 inches. Sent from Paris to Brussels in 1802. In the Brussels Museum, 1889 catalogue, No. 194 ; not included in the catalogue since 1900 because its authenticity is questioned. -L&8. PEASANTS FIGHTING OVER DICE. On a table to the left lie two dice, a piece of chalk and a jug of liquor which has been upset. To the right of it sits a peasant in a blue jacket, in profile to the left. He lifts his head and shouts, looking at the spectator. With his left fist he aims a blow at the mouth of a man standing behind him to the left. This man, who is in red, has seized him by the hair with the left hand, and holds up a jug in his right hand with which to knock down his adversary, who is already bleeding. A third man in a grey jacket, standing behind him to the left, tries to stop him and grasps the uplifted arm with his right hand. Of the middle period, according to the catalogue. Panel, 9 inches by 6| inches. At least three copies exist. 1. Sale. Van Saceghem of Ghent, Brussels, June 2, 1851, No. 13 (230 francs, Marquis de St. Cloud). In the collection of Dr. Lombard, Liege, 1856. In the Suermondt Museum, Aachen, acquired by the Royal Berlin Museums, 1874. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 853? ; lent in 1884 to the Suermondt Museum. In the Suermondt Museum, Aachen, second supplementary catalogue of 1884, No. 169; it measures r inches by 14^ inches. 2. In the Lyons Museum, 1903 catalogue, No. 85 ; on panel, 8^ inches by 6 inches. 3. Sales. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 222. A. Febvre, Paris, April 17, 1882. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 2. In the possession of a Paris dealer ; it measures 5 inches by 6 inches. The following may or may not be identical with one of the above : Sa / e - ] Clements, Ghent, June 21, 1779, No. 48 ; measuring about 8 inches by 6^ inches ; said to have been in the collection of P. P. Rubens. Acquired for Dresden in 1741 by Von Kaiserling. In the Dresden Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 1058. 169. PEASANTS FIGHTING OVER CARDS. In a room,
