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 358 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 695. Six Figures in an Interior. Five peasants sit warming themselves by the fireside. A young man stands near them. They con- verse, smoke, and drink. One man, holding a beer-glass, salutes an old woman. There are various household utensils as accessories. The room is lighted by the fire and a lamp. Panel, 16 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. J. Rendorp, Amsterdam, July 9, 1794, No. 45 (200 florins, W. Eberlein). 696. Four Peasants in an Interior. Two are seated ; the others stand near the hearth. They are drinking and smoking. One is relating a story. Panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 21, 1797, No. 153 (18 florins 10, Le Dentu). 696/7. A Rustic Interior with Figures drinking and smoking. With accessories. Panel, 10 inches by 13 inches. Sale. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 1 6, 1797, No. 198 (61 florins). 697. Four Peasants in an Interior. In the foreground, by the hearth, a peasant sits asleep, leaning against a wooden partition. At a table are three others. Accessories. [Probably identical with 213*: and 2i"$aa. Pendant to 203.] Panel, n inches by 9 inches. Sale. (Fiseau ?) Amsterdam, August 30, 1797, No. 163 (46 florins, with pendant, Reijers). 697^. Interior of an Inn with Peasants. Mentioned by W. Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 283. Sale. Bryan, London, May 17, 1798, No. 33 (48 : 6s.). 697^ and c. Two Interiors with Peasants drinking and smoking. Panel, 8 inches by n inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July n, 1798, No. 79 (70 florins, Sardet). 6gjd. Interior with Peasants and Women at Table. Panel, 16 inches by 2o| inches. Sale. Blanken, The Hague, June 4, 1800, No. 281 (29 florins, Spruijt). 697*. A Rustic Interior with Many Merry Persons drinking. Panel, 14 inches by 17 inches. Sale. H. ten Kate, Amsterdam, June 10, 1801, No. 130 (225 florins, Tyssens). 697/1 Peasants eating. Mentioned by W. Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 66. Sale. Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 No. 4 in Bryan's catalogue. 698. Peasants drinking at an Inn. Sm. 134.