iyo ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. qic. A Man reading the News. A peasant wearing a red velvet cap sits reading a news-sheet. Panel, 1.3 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, March 28, 1855, No. 37*. 92. A Man reading the News. A professional letter-writer sits reading a news-sheet to a man who listens attentively. In the background another man looks out of a window ; a child stands beside him. Engraved by Adrian Schleich, Vienna. The original was formerly in the Vienna Academy. It was stolen between 1850 and 1860, according to Von Wurzbach, but, though repeatedly reproduced in illustrated journals, it has not been recovered. 93. A Peasant reading. Signed in full ; 9 inches by 7 inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, No. 149. In the Van Harlingen collection, Amsterdam. 94. A Man reading the News. He sits in an arm-chair at a table reading a news-sheet, which he holds in both hands. On the table are an ink-pot and papers. Panel, 8^ inches by 6 inches. Sales. (Probably) Amsterdam, March 6, 1769, No. 90. Wurster, Cologne, June 15, 1896, No. 204. 95. A Scholar in an Interior. He reads a manuscript. Signed on the manuscript ; 14 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Dittmar van Vliet and others, Berlin, May 4, 1897, No. 88. 95.7. A Man in his Study. Panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Macbean and others, London, July 23, 1900, No. 21. 95^. A Man reading a Letter. A man in a brown coat and a slouch hat reads attentively some important news. Oval panel, 4 inches across. Sale. Frankfort-on-Main, February 12, 1901, No. 57. 96. A Man reading. Half-length. He reads a book which he holds in his right hand. He wears a black cloak and a red cap. Grey background. Signed on the book-cover ; panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. Sale. C. Turner of London, Berlin, November 17, 1908, No. 64. 96*. An Old Man reading. Half-length. Engraved in mezzotint by J. Stolker. 96^. A Peasant seated reading. Engraved by C. Weisbrod. 97. A PAINTER IN HIS STUDIO. Sm. Suppl. 69. In the foreground of a large room lighted by a window on the left a painter,
