x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 251 stands smoking at a table in front of the fire. Near him sits another man holding a jug. Farther away stands a woman. Panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 14, 1832, No. 73 (700 florins, Brondgeest). 367*7. Two Peasants and a Woman at an Inn. Two peasants are having an excited argument with a woman who holds a glass of beer. An earthenware jug stands on the table at which they are sitting. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 4, 1854, No. 37 (40 florins, Beek). 368. Two Men and a Woman reading the News (or, The News). Sm. Suppl. 1 20. Two artisans and a woman are grouped round a little table. The woman, wearing a grey gown, a yellow apron, and a white cap, sits reading the newspaper. One man, in a red jacket, sits opposite to her, pipe in hand. The other man stands on the farther side of the table, holding a pewter pot. Dated 1650 ; oval panel, n inches by 8 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 254. In the collection of Charles Heusch, London, 1842 (Sm.) and 1854 (Waagen). 368*7. Two Musicians and a Woman eating Bread and Butter. In the Von Landauer collection, Stuttgart, before 1863 (Parthey, ii. 208). 369. A Musical Trio. A man and a woman sit in a room, singing from a paper. Behind them stands a man playing the violin. Signed in full ; panel, loj inches by 8 inches. Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 136. Then in the collection of Anselm von Rothschild, Vienna. 370. Two Men and a Woman at Music. A peasant with a red cap rests his foot on a stool. Beside him is a woman in grey with a white cap. Both sit singing a merry song from a sheet which they both hold. Behind them stands an old man, who sings and beats time on the lid of a small jug. Signed in full to the right on a cupboard ; oval panel, 9^ inches by 8 1 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 21, 1883, No. 77. 371. TWO MEN AND A WOMAN. In the half-darkness of a barn, lighted only by a little window. One man sits on the left, smoking. The woman pours out liquor from a jug into a glass. The other man stands facing left and bending down. In front is a still-life group of rustic utensils. Signed in full, and dated 1647 '> P ane l 5 J 4 inches by 18^ inches. Exhibited in the Rembrandt Exhibition of the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller and Co., 1906, No. 96. 372. Two Peasants and a Woman in an Interior. Sm. 225. A man, seated in an arm-chair, lays one arm round the woman's neck, and
