368 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. a stool, with cards, pipes, and a charcoal pan on it ; a dog lies asleep beside them. At the back two men play cards near a large window ; a man and a boy look on. " An excellent example of the master " (Sm.). Signed, and dated 1658 ; panel, 14 inches by i2 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1838. Sales. J. Tak, Soeterwoude, September 5, 1781 (525 florins). Proley, Paris, 1787 (1420 francs). Montesquion, Paris, December 9, 1788 (2330 francs). Sold between 1788 and 1829 (for 367 : ios.), according to Sm. In the possession of the London dealer Peacock, 1829 (Sm.). In the collection of Edmund Higginson, Saltmarsh Castle, 1842, No. 132. Sales. Edmund Higginson, London, June 4, 1846 (388 : ios., Turner). E. Higginson, London, 1860 (267 : 155., Nieuwenhuis according to a MS. note by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue ; but to Fischer, according to Art Sales. 735*. A Rustic Inn. Signed. In the Von Peucker collection, Berlin, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 207-8). 735/>. Peasants smoking and drinking. Signed with the monogram, and dated 1667 ; canvas, about 16 inches by 22 inches. In the Von Tettau collection, Erfurt, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 206). 736. Peasants making merry in a Village Inn. Canvas, about 22 inches by 19^ inches. In the collection of Prince zu Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Lowenberg, 1858 catalogue (Parthey). 737. Peasants smoking and drinking in an Interior. On the right are three figures a man drinking, a man looking into an empty jug, and a woman reading a newspaper. On the left are another man drinking, a man asleep, and another lighting his pipe, with a child near him. Jugs hang on the wall ; tavern utensils lie on the floor. Signed in full ; panel, 14^ inches by 22 inches. Sale. Breb , Paris, March 26, 1866, No. 36. 737*7. Peasants eating Mussels in a Barn. The dish is on a cask, round which they sit. Panel, 16 inches by 23 inches. Sale. H. de Kat of Dordrecht, Paris, May 2, 1866, No. 62. 737/>. Peasants smoking in an Interior. Signed in full ; oval panel, 12^ inches by 16 inches. Sale. H. A. Haarsma, Amsterdam, October 8, 1867, No. 47 (36 florins, Gorlitz). 737<r. A Rustic Interior. 22 inches by 27 inches. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, No. 150. Then in the collection of A. L. Dyserinck, Haarlem.
