xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 569 Sale. Jacob Snels and others, The Hague, July 11, 1763 (Terw. 341), No. 63 but No. 69 of the original catalogue (13 florins 25, with " Feeling," Moril). lib. Taste. It belongs, with i8, to a series of "The Five Senses." Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. 30 (5 florins 10, Gruyter). 22<r. Taste. A peasant makes a grimace before he drinks from a bottle which he holds. He wears a green dress and a red hat. Signed j panel, 6| inches by inches. Sale. Van den Wiele, Malines, October 26, 1896, No. 58. 23. Taste. A painter with a plumed cap sits on the left, leaning back against an easel. He holds up a wine-glass in his left hand. He has long hair, moustaches, and slight whiskers. His coat is adorned with ribbons in front ; his soft collar is unfastened. His cloak covers his right shoulder, showing only the hand, which holds an orange-branch with the fruit on it. Engraved by L. Vorsterman (Hymans, 125), without any indication of the painter's name. That of Brouwer is noted in ink on an example of the first state at Berlin. 23*0. A Well-Stocked Kitchen. In the inventory of Rembrandt's goods, taken at Amsterdam on July 25, 1656, No. 5. 2-$ab. An Ill-Provided Kitchen, and a Well-Stocked Kitchen. Sale. Jan de Wale, Amsterdam, May 12, 1706 (Hoet, i. 93), No. 8 (80 florins). i-$ac. A Thoughtful Representation of Death. Panel, 14 inches by i8| inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April I, 1833, No. 25 (5 florins, Dupre). 230. A Peasant. As an allegory. Panel. -Van Barneveld, Van den Haute and others, Antwerp, February 26, (., No. 23 (36 francs, Carolus). "24. THE CHEESE-MARKET. A tall peasant stands with his back to the spectator. He wears a red costume and a high cap trimmed with fur, and carries a stick. He watches another man piling up large cheeses in two heaps. A characteristic example of the early period, but the figures are small. Panel, 4 inches by 3 inches. Sales. Huybrechts, Antwerp, May 12, 1902, No. 2. Van Phaland and others, Amsterdam, April 24, 1906, No. 69 (340 florins, Goudstikker). 25. THE DENTIST. In the centre of a room a peasant sits on a wooden chair. He is seen in a front view, with his shoulders inclined to the left and his head in profile. He clenches his left hand as if in pain.
