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 336 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. In the Bridgewater collection of Lord Francis Egerton, 1842 (Sm., who valued it at ^300). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 176. 644. SIX PEASANTS IN AN INTERIOR. Sm. 67. On the right, in front of the fire, sit two peasants; the nearer man has his back to the spectator. To the left of them a third man leans on the arm of a chair, on which stands an earthenware jug; he holds his clay pipe in his left hand. In the left background three other men sit at a table by a window. In the left foreground a dog licks a pot. Signed, and dated 1667; panel, 8 inches by 9^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 14. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826-7 > anc ^ at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1894, No. 61. Sales. Dulac, Paris, 1768 (1000 francs). M. van Coehoorn, Amsterdam, October 19, 1805, No. 51 (800 florins, Sterk). In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, No. 48; it was in the Royal collection, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at ^210). 645. FIVE PEASANTS SMOKING AND DRINKING AT AN INN (or, The Pleasant Story). Sm. 90, and Suppl. 17. In the foreground five peasants are grouped round a table. The nearest man, in a blue jacket, sits on a low bench with his back to the spectator. The man on the left, wearing a tall round hat and a blue jacket, has risen from his chair, and, while filling his pipe, appears to be telling a story. To the right of him, behind the table, is a man with a red cap, who holds a pewter pot in his right hand, raises his full glass in his left, and sings. Farther to the right the fourth man bends forward to light his pipe at a little charcoal pan. The fifth man, in profile to the left, leans back and blows out a cloud of smoke. At the back a man and a woman are conversing by the fire. In front of the table an earthenware jug stands on the floor, near two playing-cards. "The effect is clear and brilliant" (Sm.). On the left at top there hangs on the wall a shield inscribed, " Dit huis is te koop Te vragen by A. van Ostade, 1665 "; panel, 14 inches by I2| inches. A copy was in the sale : A. Langen, Munich, June 5, 1899, No. 72. Mentioned by Descamps; and by Waagen, ii. 14. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826-7; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1886, No. 97, and 1893, No. 91. In the collection of H. van Slingeland, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 494). Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 296 (3000 florins, Fouquet). In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, No. 147; it was in the Royal collection, 1829 (Sm.). 646. FIVE PEASANTS AND A WOMAN AT AN INN. Sm. 199, and Suppl. 99. The figures are grouped round a table near a large window on the left. The nearest man sits almost in the centre in profile to the left, holding up a jug in his right hand to pour liquor into