x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 367 7290. Interior with Figures. Panel. Sale. Antwerp, February 24, 1851, No. 117. 730. Interior of an Inn. Five peasants are by the fireside. The nearest man stands, bareheaded ; he holds the hand of a woman who sits in front with a child on her lap. In the right background are several figures. On the left children play with bowls. Farther back, in a door- way, a woman repulses a man's embraces. In all there are fifteen figures. Attributed to C. Dusart by the writer of a MS. note in the sale catalogue. Signed on the left at foot, and dated 1659 > canvas on panel. Sale. Comte de Turenne, Paris, May 17, 1852, No. 63 (3000 francs). 731. Four Peasants at an Inn. They are grouped round a table. The nearest man, seen from the back, holds a pipe in his left hand. Near a window at the back are a man and a woman. Signed on the right ; canvas on panel. Sale. Comte de Turenne, Paris, May 17, 1852, No. 64 (2900 francs). 732. A Peasant Company in an Interior. In the collection of Haywood Hawkins, London, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 336). 733. Peasants at an Inn. Sm. Suppl. 78. In a large room numerous peasants and artisans are assembled. Most of them are drinking. A jovial party occupies the centre. " Painted in a free manner, and with a prevalent brown tone of colour " (Sm.). Waagen doubts its authenti- city. Panel, about 26 inches by 32 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, iii. 339. In the collection of Earl Fitzwilliam, Wentworth Woodhouse, 1842 (Sm.) and 1854 (Waagen) ; but not now to be found there. 733*. Interior with Smokers and Drinkers. ("L'Accident Imprevu.") Sale. Bertrand, Paris, November 13, 1855, No. 136. 733^. A Company in an Interior. Waagen describes it as unusually large for Ostade. It was hung so high that he could not see it properly. In the collection of J. Walter, Bearwood, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 295). 734. Interior of an Inn with Seven Figures. With accessories. Signed, and dated 1662 ; panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. Mentioned by Descamps. Sale. L. Casterman and others, Antwerp, July 19, 1858, No. 158. 735. Peasants at an Inn. Sm. 79, and Suppl. 79. In the fore- ground sit two men. The nearer of them, wearing a blue coat and a red cap, with a knife in his belt, sits on a three-cornered chair ; he leans for- ward with his elbow on his knee and a pipe in his hand. His companion, wearing a puce-coloured waistcoat and blue sleeves, an apron, and a hat cocked on one side, sits in the middle, holding a jug. In front of them is
