x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 215 pipe at a charcoal pan on the table. He wears a light-brown jacket, dark- grey breeches, and a black felt hat. On the edge of the table in the right foreground is a white cloth ; a stick is leaning against it. Behind the table sits the other man, to the right, facing the spectator. He holds his pipe in his left hand. Panel, 7 inches by 6| inches. Engraved by J. E. Marcus, 1795. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris ; bought as a whole by the London dealers Duveen Brothers, 1907. 243. A DRINKER AND A SMOKER. Three-quarter-length. On the left a peasant, wearing a small hat, sits on a chair in profile to the right. He rests his right hand on his knee, holds up a pipe in his left hand, and bends slightly forward. Behind a table on the right sits another peasant, facing the spectator. He fills the glass which he holds in his right hand from a jug which he holds in his left. On the table in the right foreground is a white cloth. Panel, *] inches by 6 inches. In the possession of the dealer L. Nardus, formerly of New York. In the collection of P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia. In the possession of the Paris dealers Hamburger Brothers. 244. A FIDDLER AND A DRINKER. Three-quarter-length. At a table to the left, a peasant, in profile to the left, sits leaning back in his chair ; he holds with both hands a large earthenware jug. Another man, wearing a red cap, is behind the table, facing the spectator j he is playing a fiddle, and bends forward to look at a paper lying on the table near a pipe and a little box. On the bare wall to the right is a shelf with a plate on it. Panel, 7^ inches by 6| inches. In the possession of the dealer L. Nardus, formerly of New York. In the collection of P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia. In the possession of the Paris dealers Hamburger Brothers. 245. TWO PEASANTS AT AN INN. At a table in the fore- ground, a man in blue with a red cap sits facing the spectator; he is singing from a paper which he holds in his hand. On the table before him are a full glass, a pipe, a piece of chalk, and a pack of cards. To the right, another man, with his back half turned to the spectator, is filling his pipe and listening to the singer ; he is in his shirt-sleeves and wears a tall black felt hat, a brown vest, and a green apron. In the left background, behind the singer, steps lead down to the cellar. A window and a half-opened door at the back give a view into the open. A small picture of the late period, of which it is not a bad example. Signed on the right with the monogram, and dated 1677 ; panel. Mentioned by Olaf Granberg, Les Collections Privees de la SuMe, p. 25, No. 45. In the collection of Count Wachtmeister, Wanas, Sweden, No. 49. 246. TWO PEASANTS SMOKING AND DRINKING IN A COTTAGE. One man sits, facing right, on a low rush-bottomed
