4 i2 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 88 1. PORTRAIT OF A LITTLE BOY. Half - length. He wears a brown jacket, but little more than the head is visible. A very fine and characteristic portrait. Circular. In the collection of Prince Jussupoff, St. Petersburg. 882. PORTRAIT OF A LAUGHING PEASANT. Full face. He bends his head a little to the left and looks with a smile at the spectator. On his head is a black cap set awry and pushed back on the forehead. His right hand is thrust into the breast of his purple jacket. Signed in full on the right at top, and dated 1656 ; panel, 6 inches by 5^ inches. Sale. F. Zschille, Cologne, May 27, 1889, No. 75 (310 mark, Boymans Museum). In the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 229 (old No. 216). 883. PORTRAIT OF A PEASANT. Half-length ; full face. He wears a black slouch hat with a turned-up brim, a shirt open at the neck, a red vest, and a dark coat. Panel, 4^ inches by 4 inches. From the Zweibrticken Gallery. In the Schleissheim Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 809 (old No. 456). PORTRAIT OF AN OLD PEASANT. Half - length, turned to the right. He looks about sixty. He wears a grey cap and jacket and a red vest, and looks in front of him with a smile. [Pendant to 885.] Panel, 5 inches by 4^ inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 208) as in the Palace at Schwerin, 1863. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 762. 885. A THOUGHTFUL OLD PEASANT. A small half- length, turned to the left. He looks about sixty or seventy. He wears a grey cap and buttoned jacket over which is seen his shirt-collar. He has white hair. He looks down with a morose air. [Pendant to 884.] Panel, 5 inches by 4 inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 208) as in the Palace at Schwerin, 1863. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 763. 8850. Portrait of a Man. Sale. Amsterdam, May n, 1756 (Terw. 141), No. 57 No. 126 of the original catalogue (10 florins, Ketelaar). 885^. Portrait of a Man. Sm. 41. Half-length. [Pendant to 899.] Circular panel, 4 inches across. Sales. Gerard Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 160 (33 florins, with pendant, Calkoen). P. Calkoen, Amsterdam, September 10, 1781, No. 107 (38 florins).
