362 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 711-?. Peasants smoking and drinking in an Interior. They sit at a table. With numerous accessories. Panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Sale. J. Hulswit, Amsterdam, October 28, 1822, No. 99 (146 florins, Gruyter). 712. Peasants at an Inn. Sm. 164. One man sits in front beside a cask. He has just set down his glass to speak to a man, pipe in hand, who stands leaning against the chimney-piece. A cat lies asleep in the chimney-corner. At a table in the background are two peasants and a girl who serves them. Panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Cariosite, i. 423. Sales. Madame de Cosse, Paris, November II, 1778 (1150 francs). Robert de Saint Victor, Paris, November 26, 1822 (1361 francs). 7120. A Company drinking. Panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. Sale. J. Roelofs, Amsterdam, March 8, 1824, No. 119. 7 1 ib and c . Two Dutch Inns. Sale. Mallinus brothers, Louvain, September 9, 1824, No. 196. -i2.'. Peasants smoking at an Inn. Sale. Mallinus brothers, Louvain, September 9, 1824, No. 206. 712* and/ Two Interiors. Copper. Sale. Utrecht, June 27, 1825, No. a (5 florins, Esser). yi2g. Interior with Peasants smoking, drinking, and playing Cards. Panel, io inches by 8 inches. Sale. O. W. J. Berg, Amsterdam, July 7, 1825, No. 86 (42 florins). 712/1. A Rustic Interior. With numerous figures and curious accessories. Panel. Sale. F. Kamermans, Rotterdam, October 3, 1825, No. 75 (232 florins, Exfordt). 713. Eight Persons at an Inn. Sm. 170. The chief figure is that of a merry fellow in a blue coat. He sits on a stool in the centre foreground singing and raising his glass. On the right is an old fiddler. Near him a child in a white hat sits on a stool. The other persons are grouped round a table. Among them is an old woman holding a jug. Various accessories are scattered about the room, in which are a chimney- piece with doors on either side, shelves, and cupboards. Signed, and dated 1656 ; panel, n inches by 14 inches. Sales. Prince Galitzin, Paris, 1825 (13,030 francs). Joseph Barchard, London, 1826 (572 : 53.).
