202 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 204*7. A Peasant smoking. He sits in front at a table. Three other men converse farther back at the fireside. Panel, 7^ inches by 6| inches. Sale. P. van Romondt, Amsterdam, May n, 1835, No. 19 (100 florins, Roos). 205. The Smoker. Sm. Suppl. 48. In a homely room, a thin man, seen almost in profile, sits on a low chair lighting his pipe at a charcoal pan, which he holds in his left hand. He has a contented smile on his face. On the floor beside him is an earthenware jug. On a wooden bench are a glass half full of beer, and a pipe. Another peasant enters at a door in the background. Signed in full, and dated 1644; panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. In the Van Saceghem collection, Ghent, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. Van Saceghem of Ghent, Brussels, June 2, 1851, No. 76 (2950 francs, Le Roy). Th. Patureau, Paris, April 20, 1857, No. 19. 206. A FIGURE IN A SMALL INTERIOR. With strongly emphasized local colours, and therefore belonging to the late period. Signed in full. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of Leon Janssen, Brussels. 207. A PEASANT SCRATCHING HIMSELF. Half-length. [Pendant to 208.] Panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. Given by Frau J. A. von Halle, in 1869, to the Kunsthalle. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 122. 208. A PEASANT WITH A CLAY PIPE. Half-length. [Pendant to 207.] Signed in full, and dated 1640 ; panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. Given by Frau J. A. von Halle, in 1869, to the Kunsthalle. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 123. 209. AN OLD PEASANT IN FRONT OF HIS COT- TAGE. A small half-length. He wears a brown jacket and a black hat. His right hand grasps his jacket. Vine tendrils grow over the cottage. Signed in full ; 9 inches by 7 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1888, No. 85. In the Stephenson Clarke collection, London. 210. A MAN IN A BLACK CAP WITH A FEATHER.- His hands are clasped. He looks at the spectator. He is in black against a light background. Signed on the right with the monogram ; 6 inches by 7^ inches. Exhibited at Mitau, 1894, No. 193. In the Meden-Elley collection, Mitau.
