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 vm PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 593 table. The foreground is light against a very dark sky. There are no horses. "An early production" (Sm.). Signed on the left at foot with a probably false monogram, consisting of a large Roman W. ; panel, i inches by 10 inches. In the Crozat collection, Paris. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1038 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at j6o). 1023. PEASANTS CAROUSING AT AN INN. To the right, under an arbour at the door of a village inn, a large party of peasants are carousing. Some jest with women, others sit smoking at a table, on which a one-eyed man stands playing a hurdy-gurdy. Near the table a little boy and girl play with a dog. In front a half-drunken peasant dances ; he holds in his right hand a jug of wine which is spilling. On the left, opposite the inn, a lady and gentleman halt to watch the dancer. They are attended by a dwarf dressed in a livery that is too large for him, who carries his master's sword. A little white dog at the lady's feet barks at a lame beggar who, with hat in hand, begs an alms. An early work. There are no horses. Panel, 14^ inches by 17 inches. In the Crozat collection, Paris. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1039. 1024. THE QUACK AT THE FAIR. Sm. 343 ; M. 46. On the left a quack with a tall red cap and a sword at his side stands on a bench behind a trestle under a big umbrella. On the trestle are two monkeys ; one sits on a stick, the other scratches a spectator's head. In front, among the numerous spectators standing round, a countrywoman with a dish of gaufres turns towards a little child, who is seen from the back. Farther right a well-dressed lady, seen from the back, stands conversing with a cavalier in a plumed hat. Behind them a cavalier in a red cloak on a grey horse watches the quack. Farther right and nearer the front is a barrow full of fruit ; beside it are two dealers and a boy. A waggon goes away down the road past tents. In the left foreground, in front of the quack's trestle, is a wooden fence ; a ragged man in a red vest stands in front of it, with his back to the spectator. Near him a woman adjusts her child's clothes. Other spectators stand behind the fence. In the centre of the middle distance is the gable end of a stone house ; two persons look out of the windows at the crowd. In the left middle distance are the houses of a village and trees. An amusing and genuine picture. [Compare 192.] Canvas, 17 inches by 22^ inches. A picture corresponding to the above is mentioned by Cumberland as in the King of Spain's collection (see 192). Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 49. Engraved by Moyreau, 1743, No. 46, as " Le Marchand de Mithridate." Sale. Angram de Fonspertuis, Paris, December 1748 (660 francs). In the collection of Queen Louisa Ulrica of Sweden, and in that of King Gustavus III. In the Stockholm National Museum, 1900 catalogue, No. 715. VOL. II 2 Q