302 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Panel, 17 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 6, 1809, No. 49. 526. Peasants at Music in an Interior. A man and a woman holding a beer-jug and a glass sit at a table, singing merrily. Another man plays the fiddle ; a third man sits by the fire, smoking his pipe. II inches by 9 inches. Sale. Jurriaans, Amsterdam, August 28, 1817, No. 44 (500 florins, Bekkering). 527. Peasants at Music at an Inn. Sm. 65. In the foreground of a room are four men and a woman. Four are seated. The nearest man plays the fiddle, accompanying a man to the left who sings from a sheet of music which he holds in his hand. The fourth man stands opposite the fiddler, holding a full glass. A jug is on a chair behind him. [Compare 532.] Panel, 14! inches by n| inches. Engraved by Liart in 1783 ; and by Joh. Heudelot in the Basan collection. Possibly the original of the print by J. de Visscher (532). In the collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1783. 527*. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player, with Three Peasants singing. A child dances with a puppy. Very fine light and shade. Signed in full ; panel, 8 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Ch. Sedelmeyer, Vienna, December 20, 1872, No. 130 (1605 florins). 528. Peasants at Music. In the centre of a room a man and woman sing to the accompaniment of a bagpiper standing behind them. On the right, a peasant and two children warm themselves at the fire. On the left, in shadow, a man with a jug is seen in relief against a grey wall in full light. Signed in full; panel, n| inches by 14 inches. Sale. Auguiot, Paris, March I, 1875, No. 22. 529. The Singers. A peasant lights his pipe. A little girl eats out of a very large bowl. Two peasants sing to the accompaniment of a bagpiper. Dated 1632. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, V Hotel Drouot en 1882, p. 33. In the Marcille collection. Sale. Duchesse de B[ojano], Paris, January 1882 (2010 francs). 530. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player, with Singers. In a barn-like interior an old peasant stands grinding his hurdy-gurdy ; three persons seated in front of him sing to his accompaniment. At the door is a boy with a dog. Signed, and dated 1649 > panel, 10 inches by 15 inches. Sale. Wtirster, Cologne, June 15, 1896, No. 203.
