x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 183 Sales. Engelberts and Tersteeg, Amsterdam, June 13, 1808, No. 117 (220 florins, Roos). Amsterdam, April 30, 1821, No. 119 (53 florins, Engelberts). 136. A PEASANT EATING A HERRING. Sm. Suppl. 36. In front of the closed window of a house, overgrown with a vine, a peasant sits to the left at a little table. He wears a dark purplish-red jacket with grey sleeves, and a black hat. He holds a herring in his left hand, and a knife in his right. A dog on the left leaps up at his knees. On the table are a herring on a plate, a napkin, a roll, and a big earthen- ware jug. Half-length. [Pendant to 200.] Panel, 1 1 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Catharina Bullens, widow of Justus Oosterdijk, Amsterdam, July 23, 1777, No. 6 (620 florins, Pothove). [Pendant to No. 5.] P. Calkoen, Amsterdam, September 10, 1781, No. 103 (210 florins, Faisch). In the Heris collection, Brussels, before 1842 (Sm. ; priced at ^73 : IDS.). In the collection of D. van der Schrieck, Louvain, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. D. van der Schrieck, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 73 (6200 francs, Steenhout, for the Brussels Museum). In the Brussels Museum, 1906 catalogue, No. 339. A Man eating Gauffres. A small picture. Sale. Jacob Boreel, Amsterdam, April 21, 1746 (Hoet, ii. 185), No. 16 (52 florins, Haersma). 136^. A Peasant eating. A fine cabinet-piece. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 291. Sale. Bryan, London, May 17, 1798, No. 37 (49). 137. A DRINKER. He sits at a table, smiling at the spectator. He wears a black cap and a grey doublet. He holds a pewter pot in his right hand and a pipe in his left. Genuine and attractive, but not important. Signed in full on the left ; panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. In the collection of Lavalard de Roye. In the Amiens Museum; Lavalard de Roye bequest, 1899 catalogue, No. 31. 138. THE MERRY PEASANT. He leans over a balustrade, laughing heartily, with a beer-jug in his arms. Formerly ascribed to Isack van Ostade. Painted entirely in yellow, recalling the work of Benjamin Guy p. Signed in full ; panel, 6 inches by 5^ inches. Sales. G. Fouquet, Amsterdam, April 13, 1801, No. 55. G. van der Pot, Rotterdam, June 6, 1808. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1816. 139. A DRINKER. Half-length. A young man with a black cap bends forward to the right, holding in his left hand a big earthenware mug. Signed in full, and dated 1640 ; panel, 6 inches by 5^ inches.
