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 398 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Engraved also by Marrebeek ; and engraved with some variations by Janinet after a drawing by Ostade. 833. PEASANTS PLAYING CARDS. In a room two old women sit playing cards on the top of a tub ; near them are two men, one of whom has his back to the spectator. Farther to the left is a third old woman. To the right is a wooden partition, with tavern utensils on it. Panel, 10 inches by 15 inches, in an octagonal frame. Purchased in 1893 from Samuel Buttery, London. In the collection of the late Alfred Thieme, Leipzig, Bode's 1900 catalogue, No. 60. 834. THREE PEASANTS PLAYING CARDS IN AN INN. They drink and smoke. At the back a peasant looks out of the door. Signed on the right ; io| inches by 8 inches. In the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch, Montague House, London. 835. CARD-PLAYERS IN AN INN. In the left foreground of a room are two card-players. Farther back a stout man, holding a jug in his right hand and a pipe in his left, looks on ; farther away a boy fondles a dog. On the right and farther back seven other persons are conversing ; one stands with his back to the fire. Behind the card-players a coloured drawing is fastened to a wooden partition. Accessories are scattered about. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1648 ; panel, 17 inches by 14! inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 185. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1889, No. 125. In the collection of Sir Thomas Baring, London. In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 137- 836. PEASANTS PLAYING CARDS IN A ROOM. In the collection of the late Karl J. Triibner, Strassburg. 837. PEASANTS AND WOMEN PLAYING CARDS IN A COTTAGE. In the centre is a table. On the left of it sits a man with cards in his hand. Behind him stands another man wearing a tall hat, in profile to the right. To the right of the table sits a woman with cards ; beside her stands another man. In front is a boy seen from the back in a three-quarter view to the right. In the left background is an old woman in front of the fire, over which hangs a pot. Genuine, but of slight importance. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1637 > P ane l> 8 inches by 10 inches. In the collection of Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna, 1885 catalogue, No. 483. 83 ja. Card-Players. Sale. Jacob van der Hoek, Amsterdam, April 12, 1719 (Hoet, i. 226), No. 106 (142 florins).