520 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. Signed in full j 13 inches by 17 inches. Srf/<?._Sch6nlank, Cologne, April 28, 1896, No. 143 (920 mark, Peil of Diiren). 2460. Peasants smoking and carousing. Outside an inn. A fiddler plays. Panel, 19 inches by 26^ inches. Sale. Berlin, May 18, 1897, No. 99. 246^. Interior of an Inn. Three peasants sit round a cask in a smoky inn. One man puts down the jug from which he has been drinking ; another man smokes ; another man stands behind them, singing. A little boy sits on the floor, eating from a bowl. A sixth figure, to the delight of his companions, goes unsteadily away. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. In the Simonet collection, Brussels, 1783. Sale. Etienne le Roy, Brussels, April 27, 1903, No. 65. 246^. Peasants smoking and carousing. Canvas, io inches by 14 inches. Sale. Frankfort-on-Main, January 25, 1908, No. 75. 246^. Peasants fighting. Sale. Amsterdam, June 5, 1754, No. 50. 246*. Peasants and Women fighting. Panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 4, 1766. 240/. A Rustic Brawl. In a cottage some peasants are trying to attack one another with knives. They are restrained by a woman and some peasants entering at the back. Panel, 7! inches by 9^ inches. Sale. B. Beschey, Antwerp, July I, 1776, No. 46 (20 florins 10, Loose), 246^. A Rustic Brawl. In a cottage room a peasant and a woman are fighting. Behind them is a woman, resting one arm on a cask and holding a glass in her left hand. Near her are two boys and a peasant standing, beer-jug in hand. At the back are seven other figures, the hearth, and accessories. Sale. C. van Heemskerck, The Hague, November 18, 1783, No. 141. 246/1. A Rustic Brawl. In a barn. Panel. Sale. A. J. Petit, Malines, July 5, 1826, No. 109 (6 florins). 246;. A Rustic Brawl. In an interior two peasants threaten one another with knives. A woman tries to separate them. Near her is a child. Two peasants enter at the door. Panel, 8 inches by 10^ inches.
