582 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. 56;. A Peasant seated, opening Mussels. Farther back, several peasants are at a table. A woman comes in at the open door. Very light and silvery in tone. Panel, 1 1 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 1811, No. Czi. f . ^ 56/f. A Company of Peasants after a Meal. A spirited paint- ing. Panel, i6| inches by 15^ inches. Sale. T. P. C. Haag, The Hague, December 21, 1812, No. 66 (8 florins, Kuulder). ^7. A Company of Peasants eating. In a cottage a woman bakes cakes for a party who sit and stand round her and appear to have eaten enough. The characters are rendered naturally and with spirits, and the scene is well painted. 14 inches by u inches. Sale. Van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 30 (21 florins). ' '57 a. A Peasant at an Inn. A peasant seated stops smoking as the landlord brings him a slice of ham. Panel, 5^ inches by 4^ inches. Sale. Ch. Sprugt, Ghent, October 3, 1815, No. 83. 57/<. A Cottage Kitchen with Figures. They sit at table drink- ing, and eating mussels. Painted in the best manner. Panel, "] inches by 10 inches. Sale. P. L. Mortier, Amsterdam, May 6, 1846, No. 19 (2 florins, Beuk- man). 57^. Peasants at Table. With an old woman holding a pot of soup. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 598. Then in the De Mey collection, London. --^58. Peasants eating Mussels. In a room men and women sit round a table, eating mussels. Others have finished their meal. All are very drunk. A spirited picture. The loose brushwork reminds one of Frans Hals. Panel, io inches by 14 inches. Sale. Lippmann von Lissingen of Vienna, Paris, March 16, 1876, No. 8. ~$t). [Cancelled.] 59*7. Five Peasants conversing. Sale. J. K. van der Meir, Antwerp, June 23, 1755 (Terw. 135), No. 19 (45 florins). >o. Four Peasants conversing. They sit at a table in a room. Accessories. Excellently painted. Panel, io inches by 12 inches.
