236 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. In the possession of the London dealer T. Emmerson before 1842 (Sm., who says it was priced at .200). 314. THE SLEEPING COUPLE IN AN ARBOUR. Sm. Suppl. 85. In an arbour a married couple have fallen asleep after a meal. A man enters from the back. On a three-legged stool in front are a cloth, an earthen pot, and some fish. " A good example of the master " (Sm.). Panel, 9 inches by 12 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, iii. 396. In the collection of the Duke of Rutland, Belvoir Castle, No. 110 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 315. A PEASANT AND HIS WIFE IN AN ARBOUR. Sm. Suppl. 94. The woman, wearing a purple gown and a blue apron, sits on the left at a table, holding a half-filled wine-glass in her right hand, which is bent, and taking a gauffre from a napkin on the table with her left hand. The man stands to the right of her behind the table. He wears a black cap and a dark-purple cloak. He raises a pewter pot in his left hand to fill the glass for his wife, on whose shoulder he rests his right hand. In the background, through the entrance of the arbour, are seen a man and a woman in front of a house. Panel, 9 inches by 7^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 14. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1882, No. 114, and 1894, No. 96. Sale. Amsterdam, August 21, 1799, No. 101 (500 florins, Labouchere). In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, No. 47 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at ^157 : IDS.). 315*7. A Peasant and a Woman in the Open Air. They sit at a table eating gauffres. In the background are several figures. 9 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Lijnslager, Amsterdam, April 8, 1755, No. 5. 316. A Peasant and a Woman in an Arbour. A merry peasant with a glass in his hand is in an arbour. Beside him a woman holds a jug of beer on the table, on which lies a pipe. In the background is a cottage ; in front of it a man sits smoking and conversing with a woman who leans over the half-door. Panel, 7 inches by 5^ inches. Sales. L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, August 7, 1811, No. 54 (391 florins, Yver). L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, April 8, 1816, No. 77 (185 florins, J. de Vries). 317. A Man drinking with a Girl in an Arbour. Sm. Suppl. 19. A man, wearing a grey jacket with yellow sleeves, sits in an arbour, holding his hat in his right hand and a beer-glass in the other. A young country girl sitting beside him to the right holds a jug on the table. In the background are a cottage and figures. Panel, 6| inches by 5| inches.
