ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 195 . A Peasant smoking. 8 inches by 6| inches. Sale. Pieter van Buytene, Delft, October 29, 1748 (Hoet, ii. 227), No. 26 (32 florins). i8o/z. A Smoker. A small picture. Sale. C. Troost, Amsterdam, May 5, 1750, No. 19. i8o/. A Peasant smoking. 9 inches by 7^ inches. Mentioned by Hoet, ii. 405. Sale. Count van Wassenaar-Obdam, The Hague, August 19,, 1750 (Hoet, ii. 290), No. 28 (64 florins). i8q/. A Peasant smoking. A small picture. Sale. Sonne and others, Amsterdam, July 5, 1759, No. 69 (7 florins 10, with No. 68 of the sale). 181. The Smoker. Sm. 13. A peasant sits at a table, leaning both arms on it, and fills his pipe. Beside him is a large open window. Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Engraved by Basan as " L'Homme Content." Sale. Comte de Vence, Paris, February n, 1761. iSia. A Peasant with a Jug and a Pipe. He holds the jug in his right hand and the pipe in his left. 9 inches by yj inches. Said in the sale catalogue to have been engraved (in reverse) by J. Suyderhoef. It must therefore be the original of the print described under 194 (see Wussin, 1 1 6). Sale. E. Ras, Alkmaar, May 25, 1762, No. 3 (40 florins, Merkman of Haarlem). 182. A Peasant seated, holding a Pipe. He is in a thoughtful attitude. A charcoal pan stands on a table beside him. 7 inches by 5^ inches. Sale. Johan Pieter Wierman, Amsterdam, August 18, 1762 (Terw. 258), No. 38 (69 florins). 182*7. A Man holding a Pipe. [Pendant to 182^.] ii inches by 9 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 26, 1763, No. 64 (8 florins 15, with pendant, Pesters). 182^. A Smoker. [Pendant to 182*.] 1 1 inches by 9 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 26, 1763, No. 65 (8 florins 15, with pendant, Pesters). 182^. A Peasant smoking. Sale. Amsterdam, September 26, 1763, No. 115.
