x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 225 Sale, Van Oudshoorn and others, Amsterdam, November 24, 1906, No. 63 (1000 florins). 276*7. Two Peasants in an Interior. One lights his pipe ; the other holds a jug and a glass of beer. On a stool in front of them are a pipe and tobacco. Panel, 10 inches by 8| inches. Sale. Burrell, London, June 12, 1897, No. 55. 277. TWO PEASANTS AT AN INN. Sm. Suppl. 86. In the centre foreground one man sits on a stool in profile to the left, lighting his pipe at a charcoal pan. He wears a tall grey felt hat. His companion, in a purple jacket, stands to the left, facing the spectator ; he leans his left arm on the back of a chair, and holds a jug in his right hand. In the right background, before the fireplace, are a woman, a man, and a boy. On the left a staircase leads up to a room above. Signed in full on the chimney-piece ; panel, io| inches by 13 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 444. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1895, No. 84. Sales. J. B. Lancker, Antwerp, 1835, No. 76 (2050 francs, Tardieu). Tardieu the younger, Paris, 1840. Heris (Eire collection), Paris, March 25, 1841, No. 32 (4900 francs). Styaert van der Busche of Bruges, Brussels, 1856. Vicomte de Buisseret, Brussels, April 29, 1891, No. 83. In the possession of the London dealer Martin Colnaghi, who exhibited it in 1895. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of loo Paintings," 1897, No. 27. 278. TWO PEASANTS AT AN INN. Sm. 92, and Suppl. 8. Three-quarter-length. On the right, a man in a red vest sits almost in profile to the left on a three-legged stool ; he is lighting his pipe. Another man, wearing a loose black jacket and a tall hat, and holding in his right hand a jug with the lid open, stands leaning with his left arm on the other's right shoulder, and laughingly watches him. To the left, in front of them, is a cask, on which are a pipe, a charcoal pan, and a paper of tobacco. [Almost certainly identical with 267.] Signed in full on the left at foot ; panel, 9 inches by *] inches. Sales. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 299 (500 florins, Fouquet). Antwerp, July 13, 1790, No. 84 (435 florins, Van der Schley). J. Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam, July I, 1833, No. 60 (445 florins, Van der Meulen). D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 76 (2900 francs, Van Loo). Munnicks van Cleef of Utrecht, Paris, November 3, 1862. Chr. R. Ruhl, Cologne, May 15, 1876, No. 93. Christophe van Loo of Ghent, Paris, May 25, 1881. Edouard Kums, Antwerp, May 17, 1908, No. 121 (2400 francs, Sedelmeyer). VOL. Ill -
