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 xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 581 bone. On the right, near the cask, is a low bench with a tall square beer-bottle on it, and a large and bulky earthenware jug behind it. Under the table and on the walls are dishes and various utensils. All the persons have coloured costumes. The picture corresponds exactly in style with those at the Rijksmuseum (102, 166) and at Kassel (108), and with 52. Panel, 13^ inches by 14^ inches. Engraved by P. Halm. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 117. 560. A Man eating Mussels. Sale. Pieter Pellicorne, Amsterdam, April 4, 1724 (Hoet, i. 305), No. 19 (45 florins 10). 56^. Peasants at Table. Sale. (Supplementary) C. Reyersbergen van Cauwerven, Leyden, July 31, 1765, No. 32. 566. Peasants eating and drinking. A comic and picturesque scene. Panel, io inches by 9^ inches. Amsterdam, April 26, 1769, No. 72. Hating Sausages. Many figures and kitchen utensils. Broadly painted. About 14! inches by 22 inches. Sale. G. J. de Servais, Malines, July 21, 1775, No. 14 (112 florins). 56*. Peasants eating and drinking. They sit at table in a room. Sale. J. Graham and others, The Hague, July 24, 1775, No. 41. ' 56/ Peasants at Table. Panel, 17 inches by 16 inches. Sale. P. Bout, The Hague, April 20, 1779, No. 161 (14 florins 5). Peasants singing. They have before them a herring, beer and bread. Panel, about 8 inches by 6 inches. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 179 ; but not now at Kassel. 56/2. Men eating Mussels. In a room four peasants sit eating mussels ; others sit gambling by the fire. Copper, 7 inches by 5^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 17, 1783, No. 33 (32 florins, Strubing). 56*'. Peasants at Table. At a well-furnished table in a room, merry guests are eating. Some sing and dance ; others are vomiting. Well characterised and masterly in treatment. Panel, 13^ inches by i6| inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 8, 1804, No. 21 (9 florins).