230 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 292-^. A Peasant and a Woman. They sit drinking at a table. [Compare 297.] io| inches by 9 inches. Known from the engraving " Het Schollenmannetje," which is probably identical with one or other of the engravings " Het Zoute Scholletje " by Visscher and Suyderhoef, 300 and 306. Sale. H. de Wacker van Zon, Amsterdam, October 26, 1761, No. 7 (82 florins, Eleveld). 293. A Loving Couple. The countrywoman, holding a wine- glass, sits beside a three-legged stool, on which are some gauffres, a pipe, and a tobacco-box. 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Johan Pieter Wierman, Amsterdam, August 18, 1762 (Terw. 258), No. 36 (230 florins). 294. A Man and Woman in an Interior. He sits, holding a pipe. The woman, also seated, holds a beer-glass in one hand and a pewter pot in the other. [Compare 290.] 13^ inches by io| inches. Sale. Johan Pieter Wierman, Amsterdam, August 18, 1762 (Terw. 258), No. 37 (175 florins). 295. A Man reading and a Woman. In a room. Farther back is a dog. Sale. Jacob Snels, The Hague, July II, 1763 (Terw. 338), No. 3 (95 florins, H. Verschuuring). 295^7. A Peasant Couple. A peasant with a pipe and a woman sit at a table. Sale. Corn. Elout, Haarlem, April 4, 1780, No. 49. 295^. A Man and a Woman conversing. They sit at a table. The woman holds a wine-glass in her right hand and a jug in the other. Behind them is a man looking on. [Probably identical with 289. Pendant to 332.] Panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches. Sale. H. Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 157 (1530 florins, with pendant, Fouquet). 296. A Peasant and a Woman. A young countrywoman, hold- ing a goblet, sits in a thoughtful attitude at a table. Beside her is a peasant, who is about to fill her glass from a pewter pot. On the table are a charcoal pan, a pipe, and other objects. Panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. Sale. J. W. B. Wuytiers, Utrecht, September 17, 1792, No. 48 (275 florins, Fouquet). 297. A Peasant and a Woman. A woman, seated at a table, holds a wine-glass in her right hand, and with the other grasps a pewter pot held by a peasant, who stands at her side and points with his right
