2i 4 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. the left, facing the spectator, behind the table on which stands his beer- glass. He blows out a cloud of smoke to the right where the hostess stands ; she lifts her right hand to divert the smoke, and holds a covered jug in her left hand. In the left foreground stands a dog. [Probably intended as a representation of " Smell." Compare 8. Pendant to 236.] Signed in full in the centre, and dated 1664 ; panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Engraved by A. Carse. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. Ayai. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1908 catalogue, No. 1399. 238. TWO PEASANTS. In an interior two men are talking and drinking by the fireside. One stands with his back to the fire ; the other sits in front of him, holding a half-filled glass in his right hand. Cata- logued as a copy after Ostade, but certainly genuine although somewhat damaged. In a dull yellow tone. Signed in full, and dated 1642 on the right above the fireplace ; panel, 9^ inches by 7^ inches. In the Hanover Provincial Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 275. 239. TWO PEASANTS DRINKING. They sit conversing at a low table. On the floor lies a white poodle. At the back is a cupboard. Signed in full, and dated 16 ; panel, 10 inches by 10 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 298. In the collection of Alfred Thieme, Leipzig, who presented it to the Museum in 1886. In the Leipzig Museum, 1903 catalogue, No. 579. 240. TWO PEASANTS AT AN INN. Sm. 148. One, wearing a black cap, sits on a bench and leans his elbow on his knee. The other, wearing a black hat, sits on a chair facing him ; he holds a stoneware jug in his right hand and a full glass in his left. On the right is the fireplace. A very good picture. Signed in full, and dated 1666 ; panel, i inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Solirene, Paris, March n, 1812 (1765 francs). In the Valedau collection, Paris, 1829 ; bequeathed to Montpellier in 1836. In the Montpellier Museum, Valedau bequest, 1890 catalogue, No. 734. 241. THE TWO SMOKERS. One sits on a chair to the left, seen in a three-quarter view, and blows out a cloud of smoke. He holds his pipe in his right hand, and has thrust his left hand into the front of his coat. On a table to the right are a beer-glass and a pipe. Behind it sits the other peasant, who is cutting something which he holds in his left hand on the table. Signed ; panel, 7^ inches by 6 inches. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ^acquired in 1907. 242. TWO SMOKERS. Half-length. In the left-hand corner of a bare room with a small window high up to the left two men sit smoking at a table. The man on the left is in profile to the right ; he lights his
