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 x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 219 Sales. Due de Choiseul, Paris, 1772 (600 francs). Comte de Merle, Paris, 1783 (600 francs). W[ille], Paris, December 6, 1784. 256*. Two Men drinking in an Interior. One peasant sits, the other stands ; both look into a jug. With accessories. Panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. Sale. M. van den Berg, Rotterdam, June 19, 1786, No. 6 (87 florins, Beekman). 257. Two Peasants smoking in an Interior. They sit at a little table on which are a charcoal pan and a beer-glass. One lights his pipe. [Compare 259^. Pendant to 202.] Panel, 7^ inches by 6| inches. Sales. Arnoud Leers, Amsterdam, May 19, 1767 (Terw. 600), No. 59 (100 florins, with pendant). H. Bredeman, Amsterdam, July i, 1788, No. 7 (100 florins, with pendant, Spaan). 258. Two Peasants smoking and drinking. They sit by the fire. Dated 1643 ; panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Sale. Frans Oudaan, Rotterdam, May 23, 1791, No. 6 (16 florins, Nijman). 258*. Two Peasants in an Interior. Panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. Sale. Aart Schouman, The Hague, October 17, 1792, No. 17 (no florins, Coders). 259. Two Peasants. Sm. 108. Half-length. They sit before a stool with a glass and a pipe on it. One holds a charcoal pan at which he lights his pipe. .Panel, 6^ inches by 5^ inches. Sales. Comte de Merle, Paris, March I, 1784 (500 florins). Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794. 2590. Two Peasants in an Interior. One sits on a chair at a table ; he rests one arm on the arm. of the chair, and holds his pipe in his other hand. Beside him is a peasant holding a jug. Panel, 8 inches by 6^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 21, 1797, No. 154 (36 florins, Van der Schley). 259^. Two Peasants smoking and drinking in an Interior. [Compare 257.] Panel, 7^ inches by 6-J inches. Sale. Kien van Citters, Amsterdam, August 21, 1798, No. 29 (50 florins, Soleman). 259^:. Two Peasants in an Interior. One sits looking into the beer-jug which he holds ; the other stands behind him, looking through his spectacles into the jug. Panel, 8 inches by 7 inches.