326 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 610. Peasants fighting. [Identical in composition with 607.] Signed in full on an overturned bench j on the right under it are the figures 30 j panel, 8 inches by 1 1 inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. 611. PEASANTS FIGHTING IN AN INTERIOR. A man seated on a bench holds a knife in his right hand and the sheath in his left, to defend himself against a woman who clutches hold of him. A peasant aims a blow at his head with an earthenware pot, and another woman, standing behind the first two figures, strikes the man on the bench with her wooden shoe. In the left background a boy comes running up. [Compare 663.] Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1637 ; panel, 10 inches by 13 inches. Acquired by the Emperor Alexander III. In the Monplaisir Pavilion in the Imperial Park of Peterhof until 1882. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1767. 6na. Peasants fighting. Sale. David Grenier, Middelburg, August 18, 1712 (Hoet, ii. 361), No. 58 (22 florins). 6 nb. Peasants fighting at an Inn. Sale. Amsterdam, October 10, 1742 (Hoet, ii. 68), No. 42 (52 florins). 6nc. A Brawl. 1 6 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, June 28, 1756 (Terw. 149), No. 24 (45 florins). bud. Peasants fighting. Sale. Rotterdam, June 28, 1756 (Terw. 149), No. 25 (53 florins). 6 ue. Peasants and Women fighting. Panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Sale. (Supplementary) Amsterdam, June 4, 1766, No. 77. 6 1 if. Peasants fighting at an Inn. A woman and a child are on the floor in the centre. Numerous articles of furniture and utensils have been upset. Panel, 25 inches by 36 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 4, 1785, No. 257 (12 florins 50, Muller). 6 n^. Peasants and Women fighting at an Inn. Panel, 15 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, August 10, 1810, No. 10 (8 florins). 6nh. Peasants fighting. Sale. W. F. Schoon and J. Heymans, The Hague, October 18, 1823, No. 118. 6 1 1/'. A Brawl. Panel, 18 inches by 24^ inches. Sale. P. J. de Marneffe, Brussels, May 24, 1830, No. 219.
