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 xn ADRIAEN BROUWER 589 Signed in front with a " B," almost scratched in the wet paint ; panel, 12 inches by 8 inches. A reproduction of a similar picture, with five children and an adult in the open, occurs in the catalogue of a Paris or Brussels sale between 1880 and 1890 ; the chief figure is that of a child wearing a large broad-brimmed hat, seen from the back. In the collection of Bourguignon de Fabregoules, Aix, presented by his son J. B. M. de Bourguignon de Fabregoules to the Aix Museum, 1860. In the Aix Museum, Provence, 1900 catalogue, No. 231 ; catalogued as by P. de Bloot. """72. THE FIDDLER. On the left, in a kitchen, a man with a red cap plays the fiddle and sings. Another man sits on the left, listening. In the middle distance stands a woman mocking them. A fourth figure looks in at an open window to the left. At the back are a child standing and a man seated before the fire. Of the second period, in the style of Teniers, and a good example. Panel, 10 inches by 13^ inches. In the collection of Bourguignon de Fabregoules, Aix, presented by his son J. B. M. de Bourguignon de Fabregoules to the Aix Museum, 1860. In the Aix Museum, Provence, 1900 catalogue, No. 236. 73. THE FLUTE-PLAYER. Two small figures, half-length. Copper, 6 inches by inches. Sale. V. Roussel, Brussels, 1899. In the Brussels Gallery, 1906 catalogue, No. 78. 74. THE FLUTE-PLAYER AND HIS COMPANION. Half-length figures in front of a grey wall. The flute-player, in a greyish- blue jacket, is bare-headed with long hair, and sits, almost in full face, at a table on the right, upon which he leans with his left elbow. He laughs, opening his mouth so as to show his teeth. To the left behind him stands an ugly man, wearing a hat. He is wrapped in a brown cloak and stretches out his right hand. The picture is of good quality and served as a model for Diepraem. Woermann was inclined to attribute it to Joost van Craesbeeck. Copper, 6 inches by 5 inches. In the possession of a Paris dealer, 1884. In the Weber collection, Hamburg, 1907 catalogue, No. 205 (old No. 650). 75. A FIDDLER. In the right background is a man. In the collection of W. Asch, London. 76. A COMPANY OF PEASANTS SINGING. In the centre three peasants sit singing. The man on the left, turned three-quarters right, has crossed his arms on his breast. The man on the right, seen in full face, beats time with the tongs and has his left foot on a foot-warmer. The centre man, seen in full face, lays his right hand on the right shoulder of the man to the left and holds a cap in his left hand, which is not shown. On the right, behind him, stands a fourth peasant, seen in full face ; he presses his left forefinger to his nose ; his left elbow rests on his right