208 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 218. A Peasant. He wears a fine red jacket and a small hat with a plume. Signed, and dated ; panel, 6 inches by 5 inches. Sale. Ztircher and others, Amsterdam, March i, 1898, No. 35. 2 1 8<7. A Peasant. He wears a slate-grey coat and a brown hat. Panel, io| inches by 8 inches. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868. Sale. London, June 20, 1903, No. 142. 21 8. A Laughing Peasant. Half-length. He wears a cap. Engraved or etched by J. Koch. 219. A WOMAN EATING SOUP. She sits facing the spec- tator. On the right is the pot. She holds a spoon in her right hand. She wears a dark-brown dress with a red band and some red at her breast, with a white chemisette and white cap. Grey background. Signed in full on the left at foot ; panel, 10 inches by 8^ inches. In the collection of T. Humphry Ward, London. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger, Paris, June 1908. 220. A WOMAN SEATED, HOLDING A BEER -JUG IN HER RIGHT HAND. Three-quarter-length. [Pendant to
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Signed ; 6 inches by 4! inches. In the Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, 1899 catalogue, No. 611. 221. A WOMAN WITH A BEER - JUG. Half-length. She sits, facing left, at a table. She has a glass of beer in her right hand, and holds a jug in her left, which rests on her lap. She wears a blue apron, a black bodice with brown sleeves, and a white collar and cap. Grey back- ground. Cool in tone, and dating from the master's last period. Signed in full ; panel, 6 inches by 5 inches. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 98 (old No. 73). 222. A WOMAN DRINKING. She wears a red jacket, a white cap, and a blue apron. She holds a glass in her left hand and a jug in her right. On a table to the left is a dish. Light-grey background. [Pendant to 177.] Signed with the monogram ; panel, 6 inches by 5^ inches. Exhibited in the Rembrandt Exhibition of the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller and Co., 1906, No. 99. In the collection of M. Flersheim, Paris. 223. AN OLD WOMAN DRINKING. Sm. Suppl. 5. Half- length. She is seen in a three-quarter view. She sits at a table, holding a glass full of wine in her right hand and a bottle in her left. She wears a white cap trimmed with black velvet, a muslin collar, a red dress, and a dark-blue cloak. At the back of the room is a window.
