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 x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 381 778. TWO TRAVELLERS RESTING IN AN INN GARDEN. Sm. 206, and Suppl. 106. On the right one man sits on a bench with his legs crossed, in profile to the left ; he wears a pink jacket, blue breeches, and a grey cap, and holds a clay pipe in his right hand. His gun and wallet are placed against the bench at his side. The other man, dressed in brown, sits on another bench to the left, and farther back. His hat, wallet, and pipe lie on a bench in the left foreground, together with a small charcoal pan. He holds an earthenware jug in his right hand, and converses with a maid-servant who stands on the right behind his bench. In the background is the inn ; peasants sit under a tree in front. This is one of the best pictures of the last period. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1671 ; panel 14 inches by 12 inches. In the collection of A. L. van Heteren, The Hague (Hoet, ii. 457), which was acquired by the Amsterdam Museum in 1809. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 1818 ; Sm. valued it in 1842 (at .262 : ios.). 779. PEASANTS OUTSIDE AN INN. Five peasants sit round a cask. A woman holds a jug of beer. A bagpiper is surrounded by five children. At the door is a woman. In the distance are the village church, houses, and figures. Signed in full in the right foreground; panel, 17^ inches by i8 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1891, No. 65. Sale. Duke of Somerset, London, June -28, 1890 (Martin Colnaghi). In the collection of C. T. D. Crews, London. 780. Outside the Inn. Numerous groups of peasants seated or standing under trees in front of an inn. The central group in front includes a man who sits smoking on a tub and is speaking to a woman who stands in full light, with a boy at her side. Signed in full, and dated 1652 ; canvas, 14 inches by 12 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1890, No. 77. In the collection of W. C. Randolph, London. 781. PEASANTS OUTSIDE THE INN. Sm. 144, and Suppl. 127. A group of peasants are assembled in the shade of a vine- covered trellis. In front sits a man with his pipe in his right hand and his hat in the other. He talks to a woman who stands holding a jug in one hand and resting the other on a tub which serves as table and upon which are a pipe, glass, and handkerchief. Another man comes holding a charcoal pan and a pipe. Six other figures, of men, women, and children, are in the left background. In front are some fowls, dogs, and bird-cages. Distant landscape. Owing to the dull varnish, it produces an unfavourable impression, but is certainly genuine. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1658; panel, 26 inches by 23 inches. Etched by J. P. Heinel.