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 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 213 232^. Two Peasants in an Interior. One holds a newspaper and speaks to the other, who is filling his pipe. Panel, 9 inches by 8 inches. Sale. P. Fouquet, Amsterdam, April 13, 1801, No. 57. 233. The Two Newspaper Readers (or, The Gazette). Sm. Suppl. 97. Half-length. A good-humoured artisan sits holding a news- paper in one hand and a glass in the other. He speaks to his companion, who sits almost facing the spectator, and wears a dark cloak over his right arm and a high hat. On a table near them are a jug and a pipe. At the back of the room is a window. Dated 1683 ; panel, 8^ inches by 7 inches. Sale. G. J. Vernon, London, 1830 (.23 : 12 : 6, Peacock). 234. The Two Newspaper Readers. Sm. Suppl. 137. Two peasants. One, wearing a light-brown jacket and a small hat, sits in profile, reading a newspaper. The other, in a blue jacket, stands on the farther side of a small table ; he holds a glass in one hand and lifts the other hand to his face. " A well-finished and effective picture " (Sm.). [Possibly identical with 232.] Panel, 9^ inches by 7^ inches. Sold by Sm., in or before 1 842, to " M. Acaza " [La Caze ?], Paris. 235. TWO PEASANTS AT AN INN. They sit at a table. One lights his pipe ; the other is about to fill his glass. Signed in full; panel, 10 inches by 12 inches. In the Urzais collection. Sale. Isaac Pereire, Paris, March 6, 1872, No. 143 (8100 francs). In the collection of Jules Porges, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of A. de Ridder, Cronberg, near Frankfort-on-Main. 236. TWO PEASANTS FEASTING. In an interior. Three- quarter-length. One, wearing a tall grey hat, sits on the left, seen almost in a back view but inclined to the right. He cuts a slice from a joint on a dish placed on a low stool. Behind him to the right sits the other man, wearing a black cap ; he raises a bone to his mouth with his left hand. In the right foreground, on a bench, is a wooden jug with a lid, handle, and spout. Behind the men stands the hostess, who takes something with a spoon out of a pot. [Probably intended as a representation of "Taste." Compare 7. Pendant to 237.] Signed in full at foot to the right, and dated 1663 ; panel, 12 inches by 10 inches. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. A7i6. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1908 catalogue, No. 1398. 237. TWO PEASANTS SMOKING. Three-quarter-length. In the courtyard of an inn two peasants sit at a low wooden table. One, bareheaded, sits on the right, in profile to the left ; he leans forward to light his pipe at a little charcoal pan. The other, wearing a hat, sits to