226 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 279. TWO PEASANTS. One man, in brown, sits filling his pipe. The other, in black, stands behind, holding a jug. 7 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Mieville, London, April 29, 1899, No. 78 (^189). 2790. Two Peasants in an Interior. Panel, 10 inches by 9 inches. Sale. London, June 10, 1899, No. 127. 280. TWO PEASANTS AT AN INN. They sit opposite each other by the fire. One, seated on a stool with his back to the spectator, lights his pipe at an ember. The other, seated on a three-legged stool, holds a glass of beer in his right hand and a jug in his left ; he speaks to the smoker. 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Van der Meulen and others, Amsterdam, April 3, 1900, No. 70. 280*. Two Persons carousing. Panel, 12 inches by 9 inches. In the De la Hante collection. Sales. C. Beckett Denison, London, June 6, 1885. White and others, London, January 19, 1901, No. 39. 280^. Two Men at an Inn. Though ascribed to Isack van Ostade, it might have been a genuine but damaged work of Adriaen's. It was hung in a dark corner and too thickly varnished. 5 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Brussels, January 21, 1903, No. 94. 280^. Two Peasants. Panel, 1 1 inches by 8 inches. Sale. London, January 14, 1905, No. 40. 281. Two Peasants in an Interior. Sm. 218. The nearer man sits before a fire, holding a pair of tongs in one hand and a glass in the other. The other man stands by his side smoking. Panel, 9 inches by 7^ inches. Described by Sm. from an engraving by Basan, entitled " Le Passe-Temps de 1'Hiver." 282. Two Peasants by the Fireside. Sm. 235. On the left, a man stands in profile to the right with his back to the fire, holding a pipe in his right hand which hangs down, and thrusting his left hand into the breast of his coat. His companion sits to the right, facing the spectator. He rests an arm on the back of a three-legged stool, and holds a jug in that hand. Described by Sm. from an etching by W. Baillie, 1765. Engraved in mezzotint by J. de Groot. 282*7. Two Peasants conversing. Three-quarter-length. One lights his pipe. Engraved by W. French.
