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 xx PIETER VAN SLINGELAND 445 Panel, 9 inches by 12 inches. Sale. J. H. Beissel, Brussels, April 6, 1875, No. 130. 82. A MAN DRINKING. Sm. 39. Half-length. He raises his glass. On the table are a jug, pipes, and tobacco. Mentioned with praise by Houbraken (iii. 162). [Pendant to no.] Signed " P. S." (? genuine) ; panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, August 6, 1783, No, 72 (19 florins 50, with pendant, Van der Schley). J. Rendorp, Amsterdam, July 9, 1794, No. 56 (58 florins, Yver for a foreign purchaser). In the collection of G. M. Clauss, Leipzig, who gave it to the museum. In the Leipzig Town Museum, 1903 catalogue, No. 354. 83. A YOUNG GIRL EATING BROTH. In a room. She sits, wearing a dress of red, blue, and yellow. Rich still-life. Brown in tone. It reminds one also of P. van den Bosch or Bos. In the collection of A. Lenglart, St. Maurice, Lille. 84. Breakfast. Half-length. A man with long fair hair and a short moustache, wearing a reddish-grey costume and a tall grey hat, sits to the left at an upturned cask. He turns to the right and leans on the arm of his chair. He holds in his left hand an earthenware jug ; he lifts in his right hand his beer-glass, at which he looks with satisfaction. On the cask, over which a napkin is carelessly thrown, are a plate with a herring on it, a knife, a piece of black bread, and some beer. The attribution is not quite certain. Traces of a signature are barely visible on the cask ; canvas, 1 1 inches by 7 inches. Acquired during the reign of Catherine II., Empress of Russia. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 922. 85. An Old Woman at Table. Half- length. She sits in her room, eating soup with a wooden spoon out of an earthenware pot. Beside her is a small table on which is a white loaf which has been cut. On the back wall hangs a figure-piece. Natural and very finely rendered. Panel, 7 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 4, 1785, No. 301 (12 florins 12, Motte). 86. Two Men. Sm. 25. In the right foreground two men sit at a table. One smokes a pipe and holds a jug. Behind his chair stands a comely young woman. On the table are cards. In front lies a dog ; on the opposite side are carrots on a tub. At the back is a woman with a child. Panel, 1 8 inches by 12 inches. In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, Paris, 1829 (Sm.). 87. A Boy eating Broth. At an open food-cupboard, standing beside a chimney-piece, a little boy sits eating broth out of a red cup. Beside him are a cat and a dog which is licking a pot. Above the