x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 149 reverse by Charles Hodges, as well as in a red chalk drawing reproduced by Schonbrunner and Meder. There were two pictures of the same theme, in one or the other version, in the Sales. A. van Kinschot, Rotterdam, September 20, 1756, No. 27 (12 florins, Colle) 9 inches by I 3 inches. Senator Gaedertz, Ltibeck, September 21, 1864, No. 8 (8 florins) on panel, about 1 1 inches by 12 inches ; but it is possible that this was a third version, as the sale catalogue says, " the other peasants are drinking." 8. Hearing". In a cottage two men and a woman sit on the right round a jug standing on the floor, and sing from music-books. A peasant standing behind them accompanies them on the bagpipes. Two children play with a puppy on the floor to the left. Described from a copy in the Vienna Academy, No. 905. The original is lost. Sc. Feeling. In a room a quack, seated on a stool to the right, per- forms an operation on a peasant's toe, which bleeds freely. Behind them stands a peasant, leaning on a crutch, with his right hand in a sling. In the left background a youth prepares a bandage. Described from a copy in the Vienna Academy, No. 906. The original is lost. Other copies are in the Helsingfors Museum, Haartmans collection, and in the Hollander collection, Berlin. 9-13. Allegorical Representation of the Five Senses. 12 inches by 8 inches each. A replica of 9 (No. 739), from the Bryan collection, is also in the Society's collection, No. 548. In the Beckett collection, Philadelphia. In the collection of the New York Historical Society, New York, 1908 catalogue, No. 739-743. 14. THE FIVE SENSES: FEELING. Sm. Suppl. 49. An elderly peasant in a red jacket, with a black cap, sits on a chair, facing right. He is dressing a wound on his right arm. On a three-legged stool beside him are two pots of ointment. In the background is a grey wall with a window. To the right is a bed. [See 16 and 2ja.] Signed with the monogram ; panel, 5 inches by 3^ inches. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 956. 15. SIGHT. An old man in a purple dressing-gown, with a black cap, sits at a table with a red cloth, on which are pipes, paper, and spectacles. He leans his left hand on the table, and looks at a paper which he holds in that hand. In the background behind the table are to the right a green drapery, and to the left a bookcase. [See 16.] Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1651 a date which can hardly be right, and should rather be read as 1681 ; panel, 4! inches by 3! inches. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 957.
