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 x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 371 Engraved by J. Halbou in the " Poullain Gallery," 1780, No. 66; and etched by A. Greux in the Schneider sale-catalogue. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1815. Sales. Gerard Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 156 (2560 florins, with pendant, P. Fouquet). Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (7000 francs, according to Blanc ; or 6000 francs, according to Sm.). Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780 (5700 francs, Lebrun). Proly, Paris, 1786 (6400 francs). Harris, London, 1805 (304 : ios., De Blyny). J. F. Tuffen, London, April n, 1818 (374 : 173., Pinney). Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart., London, May 8, 1840 (.535 : ios., Joseph Barchard or, according to a MS. note by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue, by Nieuwenhuis) ; it was in the Clarke collection in 1829 (Sm.). Schneider, Paris, April 6, 1876, No. 25. Earl of Dudley, London, June 25, 1892, No. 16. 747*7. Peasants drinking and smoking in an Interior. 20 inches by 16 inches. In the possession of the London dealer Larkin, 1892, No. 6. 748. Five Peasants and their Hostess in an Inn. Four peasants sit smoking and drinking round a rude table ; a fifth man lies asleep on the floor in the background. Behind the group the hostess chalks up the score. Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 1 1 inches by 1 7 inches. Sale. Anrep-Elmpt, Cologne, June 5, 1893, No. 87. 749. Interior of an Inn. A peasant, seated on a tub, takes a live ember from the fire. Another peasant, holding a jug in his right hand, offers a glass of beer to a girl who plays with a chair. A man, holding a pipe, lets down a window. On the left are a chair and some utensils. Signed, and dated 1656 ; 13 inches by 15 inches. Probably the picture mentioned by Waagen, iii. 303. Sales. Duke of Hamilton, London, June 17, 1882 (1837 : ios., Denison). C. Beckett Denison, London, June 6, 1885 (945, Robson). George Field, London, June 10, 1893, No. 31. 750. INTERIOR WITH THREE FIGURES IN FRONT. A man with his back to the spectator offers a woman a glass of beer. Another man stands near, holding a jug. Other persons stand or sit beside a table at the back ; among them is a man playing the " rommelpot." On the left a boy sits by the fire. Signed in full, and dated 1653 ; i6j inches by 2i inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1893, No. 105. Then in the possession of the London dealer Martin Colnaghi. 751. PEASANTS AT AN INN. In front three peasants sit round a three-legged chair serving as a table. The left-hand man, almost in full face, wears a blue jacket and a red cap ; he holds a pewter pot in his left hand and a large glass in his right. He converses with a peasant