x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 291 woman washes a little child. Beside her to the right a man warms a cloth at the open fire. Panel, 9^ inches by 13! inches. Sale. A. Baehner, Cologne, September 30, 1889, No. 96. 486. A Peasant Family at Home. In the centre of a spacious room a woman sits on a bench, combing the hair of her little daughter, who stands at her knee and bends down her head. The father, stick in hand, is about to go out ; a dog is at his feet. On the left, a pan stands on a footstool. At the back is a fourth figure. Signed on the right at foot ; circular panel, 6-^ inches across. Sale. G. Rothan, Paris, May 29, 1890, No. 82 (1450 francs). - 486*. A Peasant Family at their Meal. In a room a man and his wife with their child sit round a fire, over which hangs a pot, and take their meal. Canvas, 16 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Cremer and others, Cologne, January 20, 1892, No. 144. 487. A PEASANT FAMILY AT HOME. In the left centre the father sits on a chair beside a small round table, with a clay pipe in his right hand. To the right of him stands his wife in profile to the left. She holds by the hand a little girl, who stands almost in front of her, facing the spectator and holding a little basket in her right hand. In the right foreground is a cushion on a three-legged stool, against which leans a broom. At the back by the fireside sits a peasant ; to the left of him are two other figures. Several steps lead up to an open door, showing a better lighted room. By the wall to the left is a cupboard. Signed in full on the cupboard ; canvas, 24^ inches by 23 inches. A pen-drawing of a similar subject is in the British Museum Print-room. Sale. Perkins, London, June 14, 1890, No. 13. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1894, No. 26. 488. A Peasant Family at Home. A peasant sits feeding a little child on his knee with broth. He is on a low chair in front of the hearth, in which a pot hangs over a blazing fire. The woman behind him holds a cloth to dry at the fire. On a stool to the left a bigger boy eats from a dish. On the floor are dishes, pans, and jugs. At the back is a bed in an alcove. Signed in full on the left at foot ; panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. The composition agrees with that of A. van Ostade's etching, B. 33. In the collection of R. Passavant, Basel, according to a seal at the back of the picture. Sale. Frankfort-on-Main, March 9, 1897, No. 48. 489. Interior of a Cottage. On the right is a countrywoman with a child ; behind her is a peasant holding a jug. At the back are two peasants and a woman at a table. Signed on the left at foot ; panel, 8^- inches by 10 inches. Sale. Ch. Sedelmeyer, Berlin, November 1 6, 1897, No. 38.
