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 x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 231 hand at her glass. A very fine and thoroughly treated cabinet-piece. [Probably the original of Suyderhoef's print, 306. Compare 292^.] Panel, 8J inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 14, 1793, No. 96 (220 florins, Isac Smit). 297*. A Peasant and a Woman. He sits at a table, holding a glass and conversing with a woman who sits facing him. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 21, 1797, No. 156 (20 florins, Teixeira). 297^. A Peasant and a Woman. The man lights his pipe ; the woman holds a jug and a glass. Panel, 7 inches by 5^ inches. Sale. P. Fouquet, Amsterdam, April 13, 1801, No. 56. 298. A Rustic Couple. A peasant, standing, converses with a woman who is seated. On the table are a charcoal pan, a pipe, and a little roll of tobacco. Panel, 8 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. P. I. Hogguer, Amsterdam, August 18, 1817, No. 62 (200 florins, J. de Vries). 299. A Rustic Couple. Sm. Suppl. 29. A young woman, wearing a green jacket and a drab apron, sits to the right. She holds a jug and a glass, and looks at the spectator. To the left of her sits a peasant, leaning his elbow on a small table, and holding a pipe. [Compare 302.] Circular panel, 8 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Stewart, London, 1838. Sold by the London dealers Sm. to William Theobald, after whose death it was sold by the dealers Christie to Clark (36 : 155.). 299*7. A Loving Couple of Rustics. The peasant offers the woman a glass of wine. Through a window at the back is seen a land- scape. Panel, 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. V. L. Vegelin van Claerbergen, Leeuwaarden, April 6, 1846, No. 69. 299^. Two Old People caressing. Panel, 13! inches by io inches. Sale. V. L. Vegelin van Claerbergen, Leeuwaarden, April 6, 1846, No. 72. 299c. A Man and Woman. With pendant. Sale. L., Amsterdam, May 1 8, 1 846, Nos. 90 and 9 1. 299^. A Man and Woman. With pendant. Sale. (Supplementary) Antwerp, September 7, 1846, Nos. 148 and 149. 300. The Proposal (or, Dutch Courtship). Sm. 112. Three- quarter-length. In a room a man and a woman sit at a little table. The