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 190 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. He holds a glass in his left hand. On a three-legged stool in front of him are a pewter pot, a pipe, and a charcoal pan. Behind him to the right is a large green curtain. Near a window to the left two men are playing backgammon ; a third looks on. A " very clever picture " (Sm.). Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner, and dated 1661 or, as Sm. says, 1662 ; panel, 13 inches by 10 inches. This picture can hardly be identified with 692, the description of which differs from it. Sale. Antoni Bierens, Amsterdam, July 20, 1747 (Hoet, ii. 199), No. 5 (180 florins, Jacob Bierens). In the collection of Jacob Bierens, Amsterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 523). In the collection of Madame de Haan-Bierens, Amsterdam, 1842 (Sm.) ; sold under the name of her father, D. Bierens, Amsterdam, November 15, 1881, in which sale this was No. 15. 1620. An Old Man holding a Glass of Beer. A jug is on a chair in front of him. Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1845, No. 21. 162^. A Merry Drinker. He sits at a table, on which is a back- gammon board. He holds a beer-jug which seems to be empty. Panel, 9 inches by 6| inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 18, 1849, No. 140. 163. An Old Man taking his Glass. Sm. Suppl. 39. In the foreground of a large room, with an arched door at the back, an old man sits on a three-legged stool, with a glass of liquor in his hand. He wears a brown jacket with bluish sleeves, black breeches, a yellow apron, and a drab hat. On a little stool beside him are a pewter jug, a pipe, a paper of tobacco, and a charcoal pan. Behind him hangs a large grey curtain. At the back of the room a woman and two men are by a window, and two children and a man at the door. " A well-finished picture " (Sm.). Panel, i8 inches by 2y| inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 295. In the Heris collection, Brussels ; purchased from it by Farrer before 1842 (for 3600 francs). In the collection of Wynn Ellis, London, 1854 (Waagen) ; but not among the pictures that passed from this collection to the National Gallery. 163*7. A Drunken Peasant. 6J inches by 5^ inches. Sale. P. Roelfsema and others, Groningen, June 22, 1863, No. 73. 163^. The Old Drinker. Half-length. He wears a pointed hat and a full cloak showing only his crumpled collar. He smiles at the spectator. Panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. Sale. Neven, Cologne, March 17, 1879, No. 164. 163^. A Peasant holding a Jug. He stands in front of a house. In the left background are the church and houses of a village.