x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 333 Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1679 the last figure, being not very clear, is read by Bode as a 4 ; panel, 19^ inches by 25 inches. Acquired by Le Leu in Paris, 1751. First mentioned in the Dresden catalogue of 1817. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1908 catalogue, No. 1400 ; valued by Sm. in 1829 (at 630). 630. DRINKERS. Catalogued as by Craesbeeck, but certainly by Ostade. Attributed for a time to Brouwer. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Formerly in the Abbey of St. Winoc. In the Dunkirk Museum, 1891 catalogue, No. 69. 631. A Rustic Interior. The attribution to Ostade is possible but uncertain. Panel, 9 inches by 12 inches. Formerly in the Abbey of St. Winoc. In the Dunkirk Museum, 1891 catalogue, No. 235. 632. FOUR PEASANTS IN AN INTERIOR. Two are seated, one with his face and the other with his back to the spectator. The two others stand ; one lights his pipe from an ember which he holds with the tongs, and the other has his hands behind his back. Of the kte period. Signed on the left at foot with the monogram ; panel, 7 inches by 7 inches. In the Wolff-Ebenrod collection, Ebenrod. 633. FOUR FIGURES IN AN INTERIOR. Dated 1647 ; panel, ii inches by 14 inches. In the Rath Museum, Geneva, 1906 catalogue, No. 280. 634. Peasants drinking and smoking. Four peasants with pipes and beer sit round the fireside in a large room. In the background an old woman is at work, while a little girl watches her. Signed in full; panel, 13^ inches by ii inches. The composition is identical with that of 643 ; one or the other is probably a copy. Engraved by J. Taylor, 1808. In the collection of Archibald M'Lellan, bought by the city of Glasgow in 1854. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 695. 635. SIX PEASANTS AT AN INN. Four men and a woman sit round a cask, smoking and drinking. A fifth man stands near, holding a beer-glass. Panel, 13 inches by n inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 138. In the collection of Earl Howe, Gopsall. 636. PEASANTS AT AN INN. Sm. 208. In the foreground
