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 288 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 475<r. A Rustic Barn. With many utensils. At the back sits a woman ; a man holding a spade stands beside her, conversing. His figure is brightly illumined. Panel, 9 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Servad, Amsterdam, June 25, 1778, No. 66 (25 florins, Fouquet). 475<:<r. A Peasant Family at Home. In an interior sits a woman with a child on her lap. She speaks to an old peasant standing beside her. Household utensils are scattered about. The light enters at an open door. Canvas on panel, 13 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 16, 1792, No. 70 (10 florins, Van der Schley). 47 5</. A Peasant Family at Home. The woman stands at a wash-tub ; near her are a peasant winding yarn and a child. [Compare 456.] Panel, 10 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July n, 1798, No. 78. 476. A Peasant Family at Home. Two peasants and an old woman in a kitchen. One man stands lighting his pipe at a charcoal pan which he holds in his hand. The other sits, trimming a piece of wood with his knife. Behind them is the woman. A little boy stands on a bench covered with a cloth, at the side, and stirs a bowl with a spoon. In the foreground is a foot- warmer ; near it lie playing-cards and a broken pipe. Farther back are a chopping-block and other accessories. Panel, about 10 inches by 9 inches. Sale. A. van der WerfF van Zuidland, Dordrecht, July 31, 1811, No. 80 (30 florins, Versteeg). 476*. Peasants at Home. Sale. The brothers Mallinus, Louvain, September 9, 1824, No. 78. 477. A Peasant Family. Sm. 222. At the door of a cottage a woman teaches her child to walk. A peasant, standing before her, is about to drink. Another peasant is seated, with a pipe in one hand and a charcoal pan in the other. At a little distance from these five peasants sit at a table, smoking and drinking. Panel, 13 inches by io| inches. Lithographed in 1827. In the Vienna Gallery, 1829 (Sm.) ; but no such picture by Adriaen van Ostade is now there. 478. A Mother amusing her Child with a Toy. Sm. Suppl. 95. In the centre of a large room, with a projecting chimney-piece at one side and an arched doorway at the back, a mother sits playing with her child. She looks at a boy and a girl who are disputing over a bowl of milk. On the other side, a peasant has just risen from his seat ; another sits beside the fire, coughing ; a third, behind him, scratches his head. Panel, i8 inches by 15^ inches.