x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 357 Panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Dubois, Paris, 1785 (?) (6100 francs, with pendant). 690. Peasants at an Inn. Sm. 85. Three persons sit at a table on which are playing-cards. Three others sit near the hearth, and three more by a window at the back. [Pendant to 689.] Panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. Dubois, Paris, 1785 (?) (6100 francs, with pendant). 691. Nine Peasants at an Inn. Sm. 94. Two peasants sit at an octagonal table in the centre. One, with his back to the spectator, pours out beer. Behind them stands an old man. Near the fireside three peasants converse. Three others play backgammon near a window at the back. Panel, 13^ inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Comte de Vismes, Paris, 1786 (3601 francs). 692. The Interior of a Rustic Inn. Sm. 61. About ten figures. Two play backgammon. Panel, 10^ inches by 9 inches. Sm. is probably wrong in identifying this as the picture in the sale : Bierens, Amsterdam, July 20, 1747, No. 15 ; according to the sale catalogue, there was only one principal figure, and there were three backgammon players. (See 162.) Sales. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 71 (3410 francs). Beaujon, Paris, April 25, 1787 (2600 francs). 692*7. Four Peasants in an Interior. Three sit at a table ; the fourth stands by the hearth. Panel, io| inches by 8| inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 13, 1790, No. 85. 692^. Interior of an Inn with Peasants smoking. Panel. Sale. Ant. de Walsche, Brussels, June 14, 1791, No. 6 (175 florins). 693. A Peasant Company at an Inn. One man pours out a glass of liquor for a woman. Another, glass in hand, rises from his chair, and is about to leave his companions, after winning at cards. Near him a boy helps to lift a jug from which a girl is about to drink. With many accessories. Panel, 12 inches by 14^ inches. Sale. J. W. Barchman Wuytiers, Utrecht, September 17, 1792, No. 47 (323 florins, Fouquet). 694. Four Peasants and a Woman in an Interior. They stand or sit round a table, drinking and conversing. Farther away stand two children ; one drinks from a jug and the other helps. Carefully and naturally painted. Panel, 13! inches by 17 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 14, 1793, No. 95 (280 florins).
