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 604 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. Behind him to the left is another man, whose head with a yellow cap is alone visible. Beside him to the left a man, with his head thrown back, looks up and blows out a cloud of smoke. On the left behind the first smoker is a man in a high cap with a flute stuck in it. He compresses his left nostril with his left hand and emits smoke from the right nostril. His right hand, holding a clay pipe, hangs down. In the right back- ground, through a window, is a view of the exterior. In the left fore- f round are a tub, a broom, and a jug. The Louvre "Smell" or "The moker" (20) is a sketch for this. Signed in full on the left ; panel, 18 inches by 14 inches. Sales. L. van Oukerke, Haarlem, May 19, 1818, No. 6 (62 florins, Oukerke). J. de Vos, Amsterdam, July 2, 1833, No. 2. In the Steengracht collection, The Hague. ___JJ4. SOLDIERS AT AN INN. Three soldiers are grouped at a round table in a room. The man on the left sits smoking, seen in full face. He holds his long clay pipe with his right hand ; his left hand grasps a beer-mug on the table. To the right of the table stands a man in profile to the left, but with his face turned to the spectator ; he fills his pipe. Between these men, farther back, is the third. By the wall to the right sit a woman in profile to the left and a man who speaks to her. A woman looks in at an opening high up in the wall. In the left back- ground an open door with a hat hung on it leads outside. In the right foreground is a charcoal pan on a wooden bench. On another bench in front of the table is a cloth ; a jug stands in front of it on the floor. Cool and light in colour ; a vigorous painting. A masterpiece of Brouwer's. Panel, 24 inches by 19 inches. Given to Haarlem by A. V. Teding van Berkhout, 1871. In the Haarlem Town Museum, 1902 catalogue, No. 34. --44.5. FOUR PEASANTS DRINKING. Three-quarter-length. At a table. A man in front, wearing a light cap, sings. In the right foreground is a jug. Warm and harmonious in colour, but heavily varnished. 9| inches by 7 inches. In the collection of the Marquess of Bute, London, Richter's 1884 cata- logue, No. 1 8 ; it was there in 1854 (Waagen, iii. 478). 1T6. A MAN. He wears purple and yellow, and holds a jug in his right hand. At the back are four others. An oblique oval. In the collection of C. T. D. Crews, London. 7- THE SMOKERS. The description is identical with that of 107. Panel, 16 inches by 15 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1818 ; and at the Guildhall Art Gallery, London, 1903, No. 152. In the collection of G. Braamcamp, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 502).