x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 327 6 1 1/. A Brawl at an Inn. Sale. rParlcs, Brussels, May 4, 1835, No. 250. 6 1 2. Peasants fighting. A man and a woman are fighting. The woman has fallen backwards, but grasps her adversary by the hair. A man standing with a jug in his hand looks on and laughs. In the group is included also a woman seated, who holds a pipe and a glass 'of beer, with two children. A man on the left, with his back to the spectator, sleeps with his head on a table. On the right a man and a woman embrace ; another man by the fireside lights his pipe ; near him are several children. The light is concentrated on the middle of the picture, light in tone, in the style of Teniers. Panel, 17^ inches by 22| inches. Sale. Steyaert, Paris, March 14, 1843, No. 43. 613. Peasants fighting. Sm. 197, and Suppl. 118. Five men and two women in a cottage. Two of the men have quarrelled over cards and are fighting. The cask serving as a table is upset. One man grasps the other by the collar and strikes him with his fist. A third man inter- venes. A fourth man is held back on his seat by a woman. A man and woman come in at a door in the centre to watch the fray. A barking dog, with various accessories. [Pendant to 521.] Dated 1647 5 panel, u inches by 14 inches. In the collection of Paul Methuen, Corsham, 1829 (Sm., who valued this and 521 at ^525 the pair). Sold with the pendant by Sm. in 1840 to W. D. Acraman, Bristol. Offered for sale in 1845 by the dealer Woodin (for 450, with pendant). Sale. G. T. Braine, London, April 6, 1857 (195: 6s.); bought by Jones, according to Art Sales ; but, according to a note by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue, bought by J. E. Fordham, who afterwards exchanged it with Gritten for the pendant. 614. A Brawl after Card - Playing. Three card-players have quarrelled and come to blows. The cask, serving them as a table, is upset. A white dog on the left barks at them. In the right middle distance a woman restrains a man from joining in the fray. At the back the people of the inn come down the steps from the entrance door to restore order. Panel, io| inches by 14 inches. Sale. Pierard of Valenciennes, Paris, March 20, 1860, No. 69 (2300 francs). 614^. A Rustic Brawl. Copper, about 4 inches by 4^ inches. In the Von Tettau collection, Erfurt, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 208). 615. Peasants fighting at an Inn. The attribution to Adriaen van Ostade may be correct ; if so, it is an early work. 8 inches by loj inches. Sale. Haemacher, Amsterdam, November 30, 1897, No. 78.
