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 xii ADRIAEN BROUWER 649 203^. A Merry Peasant. He holds a beer-glass and a pipe. Natur- ally lighted ; brown tone. i6| inches by 14 inches. Sale. Van Dijl, Amsterdam, January 10, 1814, No. 33 (o florin 90). 2O3/. The Smoker. Half-length. He holds a pipe and blows out a cloud of smoke. It is uncertain whether the following are identical : Sales. P. A. J. Knijff, Antwerp, July 18, 1785, No. 321 (14 florins 5, Mertens) ; panel, 6 inches by 5 inches. J. F. de Vinck de Wesel, Antwerp, August 1 6, 1814, No. 115 (30 francs) ; panel, 6^ inches by 3^ inches. 2037/2. The Toper. A peasant sits at a table, holding a jug and a pipe. Panel, 5| inches by 9 inches (or the reverse). Sale. J. F. Sigault, Amsterdam, December 3, 1833, No. 23 (5 florins 50, Boymans). 204. A Merry Fellow. He holds a jug at an open window. Rendered with spirit. Panel, 9! inches by 7^ inches. Possibly the following are identical with one other, and also with 206*2 : Sales. M. G. Baroness van Brakell, Amsterdam, December 14, 1829, No. II (14 florins, O. van den Berg). Amsterdam, April 20, 1841, No. 19 (l I florins 25, Schmidt); panel, 9^ inches by 8 inches. 05. A Merry Soldier. He smokes a pipe, and holds a pewter pot. He sits beside a cask on which is a charcoal pan. Good in expression and handling. Panel, 17^ inches by 13 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, December 20, 1841, No. 3. 205^7. The Smoker. A peasant sits leaning on a table and blowing out a cloud of smoke. Well finished. Panel, n inches by 9 inches. Sale.- Steenecruys, Antwerp, May 14, 1850, No. 12. 205^. A Sailor filling his Pipe. In the Von Marrees collection, Berlin, 1856 (Parthey, i. 207). 205*:. A Man blowing out Clouds of Smoke. Panel, about 10 inches by 8 inches. Sale. Faber, Stuttgart, April 28, 1870, No. 65. 206. The Merry Toper. Half-length. He is turned three-quarters right, and laughs at the spectator. He wears a red cap, and holds a beer- glass in his left hand. Oval copper, 3 inches by 2 inches. Exhibited at Brussels, 1873, No. 68. In the collection of the Comte de Morny. In the collection of John W. Wilson, Brussels.