xn cJ 580 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. to the left, cuts a loaf. On the floor in front are an earthenware jug and a metal pot. Panel, 12 inches by 9^ inches. Sales. Calonne, London, March 23, 1795. Vicomte du Bus de Gisignies, Brussels, May 9, 1882, No. 7. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1902, No. 2. In the Eissler collection, Vienna. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of Arthur Maier, Karlsbad. ^55. PEASANTS AT TABLE. In a room to the left seven peasants and women are grouped round a table. On the left an old man, seated on a three-legged stool in profile to the right, plays the fiddle. On the floor in front of him is a jug. To the right in front of the table a peasant, seen in a three-quarter view to the left from behind, sits on a tub which has been made into a chair. Behind the table are two women to the left and three men to the right. The man seated farthest to the left is the most prominent of them. He holds up both hands, having in the left a half-filled beer-glass. He wears a cap with a clay pipe stuck in it, and opens his mouth wide as if he sings loudly. On the right near this group a woman sits by the fire, facing the spectator ; a man, standing behind her, has his arms round her neck. On the right beside her is a crying boy, who tries to stop a dish from sliding off her lap. In front are various kitchen utensils. At the back a peasant goes out through an open door. The chief notes of colour in the costumes are a vivid green to the left and a red cap and white breeches in the centre. Signed in full on a basket to the right ; panel, 14 inches by 21 inches. Exhibited in the Rembrandt Exhibition of the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller and Co., 1906, No. 22. Sale. Amsterdam, December 5, 1796, No. 14 (44 florins, Thompson). In the Waller collection, Baarn. Sale. Amsterdam, November 28, 1808, No. 7 (16 florins 10, Spaan). In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 56. A COMPANY OF PEASANTS AFTER A MEAL. At a rude table, on which are earthenware dishes containing an untouched pig's head and ham, sit seven persons. On the left are two old women, one of whom drinks a glass of beer, and on the right are five peasants. One man holds out his glass to be filled by an old woman standing behind the table. Another man picks his teeth with a knife. The other men are asleep ; one of them sits in front on a three-legged wooden chair, leaning his arms and legs on a cask. A sixth peasant stands immediately behind this group at a half-opened door, with his back to the spectator. A seventh man is on the left near the fire, facing the spectator. On the left, near the seated women, is a broken three-legged chair with a rush bottom ; on it are a tall pewter pot with a cover and a spoon. On the back of the chair hangs a red cap with a feather. On the floor are a wicker-basket, an earthenware jug, two shoes and a white cat gnawing a
