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 620 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. 'e. Count von Brabeck and Count Andreas von Stolberg, Hanover, October 31, 1859, No. 43. 148^. Peasants smoking and drinking. At an inn. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 9 inches. In the Von Krane-Matena collection, Darmstadt, 1862 (Parthey, ii. 845). 1487. Peasants smoking at an Inn. Panel, 10 inches by n inches. Sale. Ch. Duvivier de Streel, Brussels, April 13, 1863, No. 268. -j 48/71. Peasants smoking in an Interior. 14! inches by u inches. Sale. P. Roelfsema and others, Groningen, June 22, 1863, No. 86. 19. The Smoker. In the centre of a room a peasant sits in an arm-chair made out of a tub, with his left foot on a block of wood. He blows out a cloud of smoke ; at his side is a beer-jug. Two other peasants sit by the fire in the background ; another man stands between them, warming himself. Various utensils hang on the wall. Of the artist's early period ; the colour is good, and is delicately laid on. Panel, about 8| inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Senator Gaedertz, Lubeck, September 21, 1864, No. 12 (i 6 florins). 149*7. An Inn. Two topers sit on a heavy wooden bench at a table. One man, in an old felt hat, lights his pipe at a charcoal pan. Another man, pipe in hand, looks at something beside him. Farther to the right a third toper sits sleeping on an upturned tub ; he leans back against the table. He wears a red cap, a red doublet, open at the throat to show his shirt, and yellow breeches. Near him two topers sit embracing. Two other figures stand, one beside the hearth and the other with his back to the fire. On the floor is a jug. On a shelf at the back are various utensils and eatables. The lighting is very skilfully arranged. Panel, 7! inches by 9^ inches. Sale. J. J. Chapuis, Brussels, December 4, 1865, No. 53. 149^. An Inn. In a low room two men sit and one stands on the right. All smoke. Near them a woman gives water to a monkey. By the fireside in the left background are two other figures. Signed on a board in front. Sale. M, Paris, March 26, 1866, No. 78. 149*:. Topers at an Inn. Panel, 6 inches by 6 inches. Sale. A. Oudry, Paris, April 17, 1869, No. 4. 150. Interior of an Inn. In front are three peasants. One sits on a chair, holding a beer-glass. He listens to a merry fellow, whose talk makes the third man laugh. At the back is another group of three peasants j one of them lights his pipe. Panel, 12 inches by 18 inches.