x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 155 44. A PEASANT AT A WINDOW. Half-length. A man, wearing a purplish-brown coat with a narrow white collar, a black cloak hanging behind his right shoulder and under his right arm, and a soft black hat, looks out of an arched window, with vine-tendrils above it to the left. He leans his right elbow on the sill, and holds in his right hand a tall glass full of wine, while in his left hand, under the glass and partly seen in shadow, he has a pewter pot with the lid half-open. He has a ruddy com- plexion, a dark moustache, and slight beard. Signed in full on the right-hand bottom corner of the window-sill ; panel, II inches by 8 inches. Reproduced in colours in the Connoisseur, May 1909. In the Manfrin collection, Venice. In the collection of Max Kann, Paris. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 4.06. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 98. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, bought as a whole in 1907 by the London dealers Duveen ; 1907 catalogue, No. 61. 45. A MAN AT AN OPEN WINDOW. He takes his hat off, and holds a glass in his left hand. Behind him to the left is the head of a woman. A vine grows round the window. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. In the collection of John G. Johnson, Philadelphia. 450. A Peasant looking out of a Window. Sale. David letswaart, Amsterdam, April 22, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 249), No. 161 (9 florins 10). 45^. The Dutch Toper. Sm. 14. A peasant with a cap sits at a window holding a glass of beer. He is in lost profile to the right, and looks round at the spectator. Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Engraved by Chenu as " Le Buveur Hollandais." A copy, measuring 18 inches by 14^ inches, is in the Chanenko collection, Kieff, 1899 catalogue, No. 264. Sale. Comte de Vence, Paris, February n, 1761. 46. The Flemish Jester at a Window. Sm. 17. He has a jug in his hand. Dated 1667 ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Engraved by Chenu as " Le Grivois Flamand." Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 99. Sale. Comte de Vence, Paris, February u, 1761 (71 francs). In the Louvre, Paris, 1816 (when it was valued at 600 francs), and in 1829 (Sm.), but apparently no longer there. 46*. A Peasant leaning out of a Window. He holds a jug. Panel, 14 inches by u inches. Sale.D. Fiers Kappeyne, Amsterdam, April 25, 1775, No. 71 (25 florins, Yver).
