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 224 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. newspaper in one hand and a glass in the other ; he wears a brown jacket with red sleeves and a black hat. [Pendant to 334.] Panel, 8| inches by 7! inches. Sales. Count van Wassenaar-Obdam, The Hague, August 19, 1750 (Hoet, ii. 292), No. 33 (125 florins). Clesne, Paris, December 4, 1786 (2000 francs, with pendant). Schamp d'Aveschoot, Ghent, September 14, 1840, No. 52 (1600 francs). Heris, Brussels, June 19, 1846, No. 52. In the collection of Tardieu the younger, according to the Bus de Gisignies sale catalogue. Sale. Vicomte B. du Bus de Gisignies, Brussels, May 9, 1882, No. 54. 274. TWO MEN DRINKING. They sit in a barn. One, on a stool, holds a glass in one hand and a jug in the other. The other, seated on an upturned cask, smokes a pipe. Some faggots are burning on the ground near them. Signed in full, and dated 1632 ; panel, n inches by 8 inches. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, V Hotel Drouot en 1883, p. 186. Sales. Narischkine, Paris, April 5, 1883, No. 24 (3300 francs). Prosper Crabbe of Brussels, Paris, June 12, 1890, No. 41. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. 275. The Two Friends. In an interior two peasants sit on a bench before a large fireplace. One, in a blue blouse, smokes a pipe. The other, holding a glass in one hand and a jug in the other, makes a jest. On a kind of screen to the right hangs a red cloak. Through a window at the back is a view of open country. [Compare 263.] Signed, and dated 1656 ; panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, U Hotel Drouot en 1883, p. 345. Sales. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 402. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 21, 1883, No. 78 (4200 francs). Ad. Jos. Bosch, Vienna, April 28, 1885, No. 42 (2000 florins, Kohlbacher). 275*7. Two Peasants. They sit carousing by an upturned cask, on which are a charcoal pan and a pipe. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Countess Reigersberg, Cologne, October 15, 1890, No. 112. 275^. Two Peasants. With a pipe and beer - can. Probably unimportant, to judge from the price. Signed. Sale. Earl of Clancarty, London, March 12, 1892, No. 61 (.4). 276. TWO PEASANTS IN AN INTERIOR. One, with his back to the spectator, lights his pipe at an ember which he has taken from the fire. Opposite to him another peasant sits on a three-legged stool, holding a full glass in one hand and a jug in the other. 9^ inches by 7^ inches.