628 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. Panel, 4^ inches by 5^ inches. Sale. Alphonse Wattel-Bayart, Roubaix, December 17, 1906, No. 68. ^1^4. PEASANTS PLAYING BACKGAMMON. Catalogued as by A. Both or A. Brouwer. Signed with the monogram; panel, 12 inches by 15 inches. In the collection of Freiherr Speck von Sternburg, Liitzschena, 1889 cata- logue, No. 238. 164*. Backgammon-Players. In the collection of Arnoud Leers, Rotterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 525). 164^. Backgammon-Players. 13 j inches by 18 inches. Sale. Van Zwieten, The Hague, April 12, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 23), No. 150 (60 florins, bought in) ; but, according to the original catalogue, No. 156 (68 florins, Zijthoff). In the collection of G. Bicker van Zwieten, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 464). Sale. The Hague, April 4, 1755 (Terw. 120), No. 47 (59 florins). 164*-. Backgammon-Players. ii| inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Josua van Belle, Rotterdam, September 6, 1730 (Hoet, i. 358), No. 76 (180 florins). 164^. Backgammon-Players. 13 inches by 17 inches. Sale. Ferdinand Count von Plettenbcrg und Witten, Amsterdam, April 2 r 1738 (Hoet, i. 501), No. 8 1 (90 florins, Block). 164*. Backgammon-Players. 8 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Count Fraula, Brussels, July 21,1738 (Hoet, i. 545), No. 305 (88 florins). 165. The Guard-Room. In a room two soldiers play backgammon. Two others, one seated and the other standing, look on. A fifth man sits asleep by the fire. Panel, 2o inches by 25^ inches. Sale. P. Lyonet, Amsterdam, April n, 1791, No. 30 (50 florins, Luyki). 1 65*. A Fair with Skittle-Players. The composition is preserved in a contemporary copy, probably by D. Rijckaert, about which there was a dispute in 1632; the copy is now in a Belgian private collection. See Bode, Great Masters of Dutch and flemish Painting, p. 277. 165*. Skittle-Players. A small picture. Sa/e. Johan van Marselis, Amsterdam, April 25, 1703 (Hoet, i. 70), No. 24 (26 florins).
