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 xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 607 bench ; to the right, in front of it, is an earthenware jug. On the right, near the man, is a three-legged stool. In the right background are several peasants by the fire. One man enters at a door on the left. Panel, 16 inches by 21 inches. In the collection of the Elector Palatine Johann Wilhelm, who died in 1716, at Diisseldorf (Von Gool, ii. 564). In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 896. 124. Beggars carousing in a Room. Signed ; 1 1 inches by 8 inches. In the collection of Joseph M. Meert de Domberg. In the collection of the New York Historical Society, 1908 catalogue, No. 754- 1*5. INTERIOR OF AN INN. In the right foreground, at a table, a man sits on an upturned tub with his back to the spectator ; he rests his head on his arms upon the table and is asleep. Behind the table to the left sits a second man, in full face, who lights his pipe at a charcoal pan. To the right near him a third man sits, with his head in profile to the left ; he holds a pipe in his right hand, and blows out a cloud of smoke. To the right a peasant embraces a woman. Farther back, near the hearth, are two men and a little girl. Still farther back is a ninth figure. The yellow, purplish-white, and red tones in the costume of the sleeping man are most prominent. The rest of the picture is in a delicate light and shade. Panel, 8 inches by n inches. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 1912 ; it was in the old collection. 126. THE SMOKER. For the description and for notices of other examples of the same subject, see 101. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. 127. PEASANTS SMOKING IN A ROOM (called, "The Peasants of Moerdyck "). Four men are grouped round a table in the centre. On the left a man, standing in profile to the right, lights his pipe at a charcoal pan which a second man, seated on a stool to the right, hands to him. This second man's body is seen in lost profile to the left. On the left, in front, a third man, also in lost profile to the left, sits on a three-legged stool, holding a pipe in his left hand ; he throws back his head and blows out a cloud of smoke. Across the table, in shadow, is the head of the fourth man. In the right background is a head in a white veil. In the left foreground, a man, seen in full face, sits on a foot- warmer, with his legs on a sort of platform and a board supporting a charcoal pan on his knees. He holds a paper of tobacco in his left hand and takes some with his right hand. A pipe is stuck in his cap. He watches the man at the table. In the right foreground a cat sits on a charcoal pan. Engraved by P. Maloeuvre. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris.