x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 283 Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Trlsor de la Curiosite, i. 194 ; and by Waagen, ii. 107. Engraved by Dunker, 1770, in the Choiseul Gallery, No. 14. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1819 ; at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1890, No. Hi. Possibly the picture of this subject which was in the collection of the Count van Wassenaar, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 401). [Compare 463.] Sales. Due de Choiseul, Paris, 1777 (3000 francs). Beaujon, Paris, April 25, 1787 (3000 francs). In the collection of Alexander Baring, 1829 (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange ; sold as a whole in August 1907 to the London dealers T. Agnew and Sons and others. In the possession of Sir George Donaldson, London. 463. THE INTERIOR OF A COTTAGE ; A PEASANT FAMILY AT TABLE. Sm. 104. On the right side of a roomy interior, lighted from a large window on the left, a peasant and his wife sit at a round table half-covered with a cloth. The woman, seated in an arm-chair, holds out something to a little child standing at her knee and clutching at the object. The father, with his hands folded on the table, looks down with a smile at the child. Between them, farther back, stands a young man with a face of a negro type ; he holds a pipe. On the left, near the window, a little girl plays with a dog ; a boy sitting on the window-seat watches her. In the right foreground are a cradle, a spin- ning-wheel, and other domestic utensils. In the left foreground is a stair- case leading to an upper floor. A picture of very good quality with delicate light and shade. " It is impossible to speak too highly of this gem ; in luminous effect, and brilliancy of colour and finish, it has never been surpassed " (Sm.). Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1661 ; panel, 13 inches by ii inches. Mentioned by Descamps ; by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 161, 379 ; by Waagen, ii. 201 ; and by W. Burger, Tr'esors d* Art en Angleterre. $ ^ Engraved by Le Bas, when in the Praslin Gallery, as "Le Menage Hol- landois " ; engraved by Bond in Tresham's British Gallery ; and by J. Fittler in Forster's collection of engravings. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 1047 ; and at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1900, No. 35. In the collection of the Count van Wassenaar, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 401). [Com- pare 462.] Sales. Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (3600 francs, Remy). Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, February 1 8, 1793 ( 1 0,00 1 francs, Maurice). Duruey, Paris, June 21, 1797 (7125 francs). Montaleau, Paris, 1802 (8500 francs). In the collection of Jeremiah Harman, Woodford, 1829 (Sm.). Sale. Jeremiah Harman, London, May 17, 1844 (^1386, Buchanan for Holford). In the collection of Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. Holford, London. 464. INTERIOR WITH PEASANTS. Sm. 27. On the left, at a large open window, sits a woman with a child on her lap. She feeds the child with a spoon in her right hand ; it is crying. In the right back-
