252 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. places the other hand on her breast. Near them is a small table on which are a goblet, a pipe, a charcoal pan, and a cloth. Another man stands at the back. Engraved by Jan de Visscher as " De Borstenvoeler " (Wussin, 52). 373. A WOMAN SPINNING, WITH TWO PEASANTS. On the left, on the inner side of an open house-door, a woman holding a distaff sits in shadow in profile to the right. She converses with two peasants in front of the door. One sits on a stool beside the right door- post, holding a jug in his right hand, with a dog in front of him. The other man stands to the left and a little farther back beside a post on which he leans his right arm ; his pipe is in his right hand, which is bent. In the immediate right foreground is a yarn-winder. In the right back- ground, before a house-door, are two figures ; under a tree are a peasant and two children. Signed in full, and dated 1648 ; panel, u inches by 8^ inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1902, No. 29. Sale. Jos. Monchen and others, Amsterdam, April 30, 1907, No. 136 (2750 florins). A picture corresponding to the above description, on panel, 1 1 inches by 9 inches, was in the Sale. P. Widener of Philadelphia and others, Amsterdam, June 30, 1909, No. 128. It bore only traces of a signature, however. 374. TWO PEASANTS AND A WOMAN IN AN IN- TERIOR. On the right, a man sits on a chair in profile to the left j he wears a tall brown felt hat, and holds a jug in his right hand, which hangs down, while he gesticulates with his left. He addresses a peasant sitting on the left, facing the spectator ; this man rests his left arm on the arm of his chair, and holds his clay pipe in his right hand ; he wears reddish-brown breeches, a blue coat, and a black felt hat. Beside him to the left, on a wooden stool, are a tall glass, a charcoal pan, a pipe, and tobacco ; in front of the stool is a dog. Between the men stands a woman in a black jacket with red sleeves, a brown skirt, a blue apron, and a white cap, holding a spindle. Behind her is the fireplace. In the left back- ground is a small window. Signed in full on the stool, and dated 1650; panel, 14^ inches by u| inches. Engraved by R. Muys, 1761. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 143. Sales. Richard Sanderson, London, June 17, 1848 (.231, Farrer). S. H. de Zoete of Hayes, London, 1885 (871 : ios.). In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 102. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris ; bought as a whole in August 1907 by the London dealers Duveen Brothers. In the possession of the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller and Co. 375. Two Peasants and a Woman in an Interior. Sm. 16.
