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 238 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Frederic Kalkbrenner, Paris, January 14, 1850. Pierard of Valenciennes, Paris, March 20, 1860, No. 58 (6850 francs). Christophe van Loo of Ghent, Paris, May 25, 1881 (17,100 francs, Victor Leroi for the Brussels Museum). In the Brussels Museum, 1906 catalogue, No. 340. 321. THREE PEASANTS. Two sing or read. The third, with a jug, looks on. A typical picture of the early period. In the collection of Leon Janssen, Brussels. 322. Three Peasants at an Inn. Three men sit in the centre round a cask serving as a table. One man, in a blue jacket, brown breeches, and grey stockings, sits on the left facing the spectator ; he fills his pipe from a metal tobacco-box. The second man sits smoking on the right with his legs crossed, in profile to the left ; he wears a large hat, a red jacket, and grey stockings. Behind him stands the third man, wearing a brown jacket and hat ; he holds a glass of beer in his left hand, and with the right grasps a jug standing on the table. Behind him to the right are a three-legged stool, a jug, and other objects. By the wall behind the first man is a wooden bedstead with curtains in front of it. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner j panel, 9 inches by "] inches. In the Vansittart collection. In the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1902 catalogue, No. 64. 323. Three Peasants at an Inn. Sm. 71. In an interior three peasants sit round a small three-legged stool serving as a table. The man on the left, seen almost in full face, but inclined slightly to the right, holds a beer-jug in his right hand, and looks at his companion on the right. This man sits on a stool almost facing the spectator j he holds the pipe in his mouth with his left hand ; his right arm hangs down. Between the men and behind the table, on which are a pipe, a paper, and a box, sits the third peasant with his legs crossed ; he lights his pipe at a charcoal pan which he holds in his left hand. At the back of the room is a large window. In the right-hand corner at the back are a cupboard with utensils in it and other accessories. To the left of the window a bench stands beside the wall, with a three-legged stool in front of it. In the right foreground is a basket on another stool. Panel, inches by 13 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 297 (1905 florins, Fouquet). In the collection of Isaac Pereire, Paris. In the Halphen collection, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of A. de Ridder, Kronberg, Frankfort-on-Main. 324. Three Peasants at an Inn. Sm. Suppl. 37. One man, wearing a grey jacket with yellow sleeves and a felt hat, sits on a three- legged stool, holding his pipe. To the right of him sits the second man, wearing a red jacket with green sleeves, and holding a glass. The third man stands, resting his hands on the back of a chair. In the background, near a window, three or four other persons play backgammon.