x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 293 495. THE BROTH SPILT. In a homely cottage interior two children struggle for some broth, which has been spilt. A peasant seated with a jug in his hand and a woman making pancakes at the fire watch the struggle. A genuine work of the early period. Panel, 8J inches by 10 inches. Sale. E. Moll, senior, and others, Amsterdam, December 15, 1908, No. 107 (490 florins, Goedhart). 496. A MOTHER CORRECTING HER CHILD. With two other figures. A small circular picture. Formerly in the collection of S. B. Goldschmidt, Frankfort-on-Main, No. 52. 497. The Interior of a Cottage. Sm. 181. In the middle are a man, woman, and child. The man sits on a stool, winding flax. The woman, who is spinning, seems to laugh at his awkwardness. Near her lies a sleeping dog. Described by Sm. from an engraving by J. de Visscher (Wesselly, 50) ; apparently the original of this print is 481^. 497#. The Peasant Family saying Grace. [Compare 480^.] Engraved in mezzotint by W. Baillie, either from a picture or from A. van Ostade's original etching, B. 34. 497/>. A Peasant Family in a Room. Engraved by Ph. le Bas. 498. A Peasant Woman with Two Children in a Barn-like Interior. Sm. 244. A woman sits on the right near a little window, holding a foot-warmer on her lap. To the left of her are two children ; one sits on the ground. Three hens, with a pig on the left, are in front. Various picturesque accessories. Described from an etching by Jacques Louys. 499. A Peasant Family in a Barn-like Interior. They are on the left by the hearth. The father sits on a cask in profile to the right, holding a yarn-winder and reel. On a low bench to the right of him sits the woman, facing left. To the left, close beside her but a little way back, sits a boy. On the right of the room are a pot, a jug, a basket, a bench with a winding-wheel, a ladder, and other accessories. Described from a print by Jacques Louys. 499*. The Dutch Household. Engraved by P. Antoine Martini as " Le Menage Hollandois." 500. A PEASANT FAMILY OUTSIDE A COTTAGE.- A woman winding yarn, a man, and a child. On the right is a trough under a roof. A view of a landscape. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 166-; vellum, 8| inches by II inches. Exhibited at Berlin, 1906, No. 96. In the collection of Oscar Huldschinsky, Berlin.
