298 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. slightly back to the left, where behind him stands a young girl. She smilingly takes in her right hand a glass of beer which a second man, seated to the right of her, has poured out from a pewter pot in his left hand. The third peasant sits on a three-legged stool on the right ; he is in profile to the left, leans back a little, and holds his pipe in his right hand. In the right background a staircase leads up to the loft. To the left of the girl is a three-legged stool. On the wall above it hang clay pipes. Signed on the right, and dated 1659 j panel, loj inches by 8| inches. Sales. Stevens, Antwerp, August 9, 1837, No. 115 (740 florins, Van der Schrieck). D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 75 (2100 florins, Lamme). H. de Kat of Dordrecht, Paris, May 2, 1866, No. 61 (1850 francs). Heymel, Berlin, November 5, 1889, No. 74 (900 mark). Brussels, July I, 1903. 515. Three Peasants and a Woman at an Inn. Sm. 179. Three peasants and a woman are grouped round a little stool. The nearest man is a jovial fellow holding a jug and a pipe. His companion sits opposite in a tub chair, and leans forward to light his pipe at a charcoal pan. The woman sits on the farther side of the stool. The third man stands beside her, holding a glass. Described by Sm. from an engraving by J. Suyderhoef, not mentioned in Wussin's catalogue. 516. Three Peasants and a Woman at an Inn. In the left foreground a peasant sits in a rude arm-chair, turning to the right. His right leg is extended ; his right arm rests on the arm of the chair. He holds a pipe in his right hand, and with the left raises a covered jug to his lips. Opposite him on the right a man sits, in profile to the left, in an old tub-chair ; he bends down to the left to light his pipe at a charcoal pan on a three-legged stool. Behind and between the two men sits a woman who looks with a smile at the first named. Behind her stands the third peasant, facing the spectator ; he lifts a glass in his right hand, and holds the left behind his back. On the extreme right is a bench, cut off by the frame. In the right background is an open door ; through it is seen a window above a bench. Described from an engraving by J. de Visscher (Wessely, 54). The same picture was engraved in reverse by W. de Broen, 1705. 517. A MUSIC-PARTY AT AN INN. Sm. 157, and Suppl. 72. Round a table on the left sit five persons. A woman, seen in full light, holds a paper and sings to the accompaniment of an old fiddler who stands to the left. Behind her is a man with a hat, who holds a jug. Another man leans on the table. A fourth man in a blue coat is seen in profile. In front are a pot and a three-legged stool, on which are a full glass and a pipe. Near the fireplace in the right background, two men light their pipes. An "excellent picture" (Sm.). Signed in full on the chimney-piece, and dated 1655 ; panel, 19 inches by 2O| inches.
