xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 509 Outside the door are strolling musicians and children. In the left fore- ground sit two peasants smoking. The man to the right leans with his left elbow on a cask. The man to the left leans his right forearm on a table and rests his left foot on the bench. Both watch a man who stands at the back to the right and pours beer from a jug into a glass in a long curve. At the back to the left are two tents. On the right, close to the inn, is a booth, with three children playing in front. [Possibly genuine.] Signed in full on the right at foot ; canvas, 32 inches by a8| inches. In the collection bequeathed by Councillor (Staatsrat) von Kirschbaum to King Ludwig I. of Bavaria. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 379. 220. MERRY PEASANTS IN AN INTERIOR. In front a couple dance to the music of a flute-player standing on an upturned tub. He has a drum at his side. In the left corner is a thin peasant with a blue coat and a pipe sticking in his hat-band ; he converses with an old man, while a woman points at the dancers. Farther back peasants sit round a table. Still farther away, near the wall, is another group. The fore- ground figures are strongly lighted from the left. In the manner of Adriaen van Ostade, and probably of the early period. The figures are almost caricatures. Signed to the right on a chair ; panel, 15^ inches by 2i| inches. Sales. Probably in 1781 (according to the catalogue). Almquist, Stockholm, 1887, No. 43. In the Stockholm National Museum, 1900 catalogue, No. 1394. 22oa. A Rustic Dance. 1 6 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Jacques Jordaans, The Hague, March 22, 1734 (Hoct, i. 402), No. 37 (8 florins). 22ob and c. Peasants singing and smoking in a Room ; and, Peasants in a Room. Two pendants. Panel, i inches by 14^ inches. Sale. F. I. Dufresne, Amsterdam, August 22, 1770, Nos. 311, 312. 22od. A Rustic Merrymaking. In a cottage, peasants and women dance and gamble. Domestic accessories. Panel, 17 inches by 20 inches. Sale. P. Calkoen, Amsterdam, September 10, 1781, No. 108 (26 florins, Coders). 22O<?. A Rustic Couple dancing. In an interior. A man plays the fiddle, and another the bass viol. Panel, 29^ inches by 23^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 29, 1782, No. 64 (12 florins, Boele). 220/ Merry Peasants in an Interior. Some sing. One plays the bagpipes. On the floor are household utensils. Panel, 30 inches by 24 inches. Sale. H. Bredeman, Amsterdam, July i, 1788, No. 53 (20 florins, Kallar).
