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 x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 307 Near the doors to the right are other tables with peasants. On the right a woman sits on a chair in front of a long bench ; a man stands before her asking her to dance. In front a man with his back to the spectator sits on an upturned tub. " This is one of the most capital pictures of the master for size and subject. It is painted in his latter time, and although carefully finished, is not so clear as might be wished " (Sm.). Signed, and dated 1675 ; parrel, 21 inches by 28^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen, iii. 440. Sales. Lambert Witsen, Amsterdam, May 25, 1746 (Hoet, ii. 186), No. 2 (1200 florins). Dulong, Amsterdam, April 18, 1768, No. 3 (1550 florins, Van Diemen). N. Doekscheer, Amsterdam, September 9, 1789, No. 37 (1825 florins, Van der Vinne). In the collection of Mile. Hoofman, Haarlem, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 525) ; sold by auction at Haarlem, June 5, 1846. In the collection of A. Tomline, Orwell Park. In the collection of A. Seymour. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1896, No. 26. In the collection the late Alfred Beit, London. In the collection of Otto Beit, London. 544. PEASANTS DRINKING AND DANCING AT AN INN. Sm. 213. In the right-hand corner a fiddler sits up high ; to his music a peasant and a woman dance. Other peasants grouped in a circle either look on or smoke and drink. In the right foreground sits a man filling his own glass. Behind him sit a rustic couple, the man with his hat under his arm, and the woman holding a tall glass. Beside them to the right stands a peasant. To the left, 'behind the dancers, sits a man looking on. Behind the table, to the right beside him, are a loving couple. In the left foreground a dog licks a frying-pan. Various pieces of crockery and domestic utensils stand, hang, and lie about the spacious and lofty room. In the back wall is a high window, not used to light the scene. [Compare 609.] Signed in full, and dated 1641 though Sm. says 1647 j panel, 18 inches by 15 inches. Engraved by J. Suyderhoef (Wussin, 128) ; by Ruters ; and by J. L. Raab. In the Mannheim Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich ; 1904 catalogue, No. 370. 545. Peasants dancing at an Inn. Sm. 34, and Suppl. 129. In a barn-like interior a large company of peasants, about twenty in all, dance and sing. In the right foreground stands the host holding a beer- jug j he has poured out a glass for a man, who raises his hat in acknow- ledgment. Near them sits a child on a low stool, near a three-legged stool on which is a plate. On the left are three men drinking. At the back, near an open door, peasants and children watch an old man and a young woman dancing to the music of bagpipes. The scene is lighted from the arched doorway, and from a window above it in the left background. A "fine picture" (Sm.).