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 x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 387 799. PEASANTS DANCING AND DRINKING OUT- SIDE AN INN. Sm. 26, and Suppl. n. Outside a village inn, with a vine trellis in front of it and some trees at the corner, two couples dance to the music of a fiddler who stands on a tub. One woman wears a blue dress and a purple underskirt j her partner holds his hat in his hand. Among the spectators surrounding them are three peasants. One, pipe in hand, sits on a bench. Another raises his glass to drink his comrade's health. On the same side, but nearer the front, two children play with a terrier close to a cask and a stool. Under the shade of the trellis is a group of four persons. An old man, holding a jug, sits near a tilt-waggon. In the left background is the village. A "most enchanting work of art" (Sm.). Signed in full, and dated 1660 ; panel, 17 inches by 22 J inches. Engraved by W. Woollett. Mentioned by Descamps ; by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 149, 355, and ii. 187, 423 ; and by Waagen, ii. 282. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1886, No. 62. Sales. Gaignat, Paris, December 1768 (10,800 francs). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 68 (9400 francs, Lebrun). Claude Tolozan, Paris, February 23, 1801 (7300 francs). Exhibited for private sale in the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, London, 1834 (priced at .1200). Sale. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 14 (22,005 francs, George). In the collection of Baron A. de Rothschild, 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of Alfred de Rothschild, London. 800. A PEASANT COUPLE DANCING OUTSIDE AN INN. Sm. 20 1, and Suppl. 101. On the right is the inn. In front of the door peasants smoke and drink at a table. The nearest man has risen from his chair. To the left, at the corner of the table opposite to him, sits a man with his legs crossed, holding a jug in his left hand ; he wears a red cap and a grey jacket. He looks at a peasant couple to the left of him, who dance to the music of a hurdy-gurdy played by a man who sits at the table farther back. In front of the player are three children. In the left foreground is a bench ; on the ground sits a boy, seen from the back, who watches the dancers, as do other peasants farther away. In the left distance is the village church. A fine summer evening. A "very beautiful production " (Sm.). Dated 1670; panel, 22 inches by 17 inches. Etched by P. J. Arendzen in Hofstede de Groot, Hollandsche Kunst in Engehche l^erzamelingen. Sale. Count van Wassenaar-Obdam, The Hague, August 19, 1750 (Hoet, ii. 292), No. 39 (2160 florins, Brouwer). In the Van Loon collection,- Amsterdam, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at j35) > bought as a whole by the Rothschilds in 1878. In the collection of Leopold de Rothschild, London. 801. PEASANTS DANCING OUTSIDE A COTTAGE.