296 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Sale. G. Th. A. M. Baron van Brienen van de Grootelindt of The Hague, Paris, May 8, 1865, No. 25 (3800 francs) ; it was in the Baron's collection in 1842 (Sm.). 5050. An Old Man with Two Children taking a Meal in front of a House. Signed, and dated 1665 ; panel, 13^ inches by II inches. Sale. Buckley and others, London, May 4, 1901, No. 33. 505^. A Peasant Family in front of a House. Panel, 9^ inches by 7^ inches. Sale. London, June 20, 1903, No. 43. 506. People in front of a House. Sm. 242. In the foreground of a landscape is a lofty old building with a flight of steps ascending to the door. On a bench at the foot sits a woman with a child in her arms. A man with his hands behind him stands in front of her. Another man sits on the bench. Two children are at play. Behind the woman two men sit on the steps. Described by Sm. from an engraving by Germain. 507. A Peasant Family outside their Cottage Door. Sm. 232. Near the door of a timbered cottage, a woman sits suckling her child. A man with a spade stands near her. Two children are at play. [Perhaps identical with 503*7.] Panel, 8 inches by loj inches. Described by Sm. from an engraving by L. J. Masquelier. 508. THREE PEASANTS AND A WOMAN AT AN INN. At a table to the left sits a peasant wearing a flat cap ; he has a pipe in his mouth and a half-filled glass before him. Another man with a high cap sits on the right, pouring out a glass of wine from a jug. The third man stands behind the table filling his pipe. At the back a woman holds some scales. Of the late period. Panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Exhibited at Dtisseldorf, 1886, No. 244. In the collection of Albert von Oppenheim, Cologne. 509. THREE PEASANTS WITH A WOMAN SEATED. They smoke and drink. The hostess chalks the score on a board hanging on the wall. An early work. Signed in full ; panel, io| inches by 15 inches. In the Mannheim Museum, 1900 catalogue, No. 113. 510. Three Peasants and a Woman at an Inn. A peasant wearing a cap sits lighting his pipe. On a three-legged stool in front of him are an earthenware beer-jug and a paper of tobacco. Near him stands another peasant, leaning his left hand on a table. Farther away are a peasant and a woman. [Pendant to 333.] Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Sale. P. Calkoen, Amsterdam, September 10, 1781, No. 105 (595 florins, Nijman, with pendant).
