x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 223 In the Vrancken collection, Lokeren, before 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Montcalm, London, May 4, 1849 G l8 3 : 1 5 S ; Farrer). 269*7. Two Peasants in an Interior. One smokes ; the other, holding a quart jug of beer, seems to offer him a drink. Panel, 9^ inches by 7^ inches. Sale. P. J. and B. van der Muelen of Coblentz, Amsterdam, August 22, 1850, No. 54. 269^. Two Men drinking at an Inn. They look with lively anxiety into a jug which they have emptied. Sale. Bertrand, Paris, November 13, 1855, No. 134. 270. Two Men smoking. In the right foreground a peasant sits lighting his pipe at a charcoal pan. On the left is another man holding a pipe. In the left background are a man and a woman. [Compare 269.] Signed, and dated 1673. In the collection of George Field, London, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 193). 2700. Peasants. Half-length. Panel, about 5 inches by 5 inches. In the Muller von Nordegg collection, Prague, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 207). 271. Two Peasants in an Interior. 14 inches by nj inches. Sale. J. Wardell, London, May 10, 1879 ( 121 ' I ^ s -> Lesser). 271^. Interior with Two Peasants. In front, by a large fireplace, two peasants sit at a table. The man on the left smokes his pipe and listens to his companion, who is about to fill the glass which he holds. Between them stands a little girl, listening. Behind the group the house- wife hangs a pot over the fire. Pots and plates hang above a door. [Probably identical with 268.] Signed, and dated 1659 ; panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 403. 272. Two Men drinking. A man, with his back to the spectator, bends down to his companion ; he rests his right hand on the back of a stool, and holds a pipe in his left hand ; he wears a dark vest with grey sleeves. The other peasant sits facing the spectator ; he holds a full glass. On the stool is a beer-jug. At the back are two other persons in front of the fireplace. Panel, nj inches by 9 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 409. 273. Two Peasants at an Inn. Sm. 98, and Suppl. 53. Half- length. A man in green stands facing the spectator, with his left arm on the back of a chair. He holds a pipe in one hand and a charcoal pan in the other, and has just interrupted his companion, who is reading the newspaper. This man sits on the other side of the table, on which are a pipe, some tobacco, and a blue and white earthenware jug. He holds his
