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402 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. In the collection of Ridley Colbourne, London, 1829 (Sra.) and 1854 (Waagen, ii. 240). 846. Three Peasants playing Cards. One drinks beer. Three others are by the fireside, and three more in the background. [Possibly identical with 721 and 726.] Signed, and dated 1674. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 254. In the collection of Sir Simon H. Clarke, Bart. In the collection of Charles Heusch, London, 1854. 847. Card-Players at an Inn. A group of three players. Two sit on a bench, which serves them as a table. A man smoking stands by and looks on. Panel, 8 inches by 10 inches. In the collection of Prince Demidoff, San Donato. Sale. Isaac Pereire, Paris, March 6, 1872, No. 145 (5000 francs). 847*7. Peasants playing Cards in an Interior. I2| inches by 15 inches. Sale. J. Gillott, London, April 19, 1872, No. 338 (jn : us., Everard). 848. Three Card-Players. They sit round a table. A fourth peasant, with a pipe in his waist-belt and a wallet at his side, stands by, and puts a glass of beer on the table. On the left in shadow are two children ; one stands while the other sits on the floor, eating broth. A window in the roof admits light. Signed on the right, and dated 1639 ; panel, I2| inches by 5^ inches. Mentioned by Paul Eudel, L' Hotel Drouot en 1883, p. 345. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 21, 1883, No. 81 (1160 francs). a. After the Game at Cards. Three figures. Signed on the right at foot ; 9^ inches by 8 inches. Exhibited in the Rupprecht Exhibition, Munich, 1889, No. 33. 849. CARD-PLAYERS OUTSIDE A COTTAGE. Two men play cards on a low bench. A third man, between them but farther back, looks on. In the centre foreground are two children ; a boy sits drinking from a large jug, and a girl stands beside him to the right. A dog lies to the right. Behind it, in front of the cottage, is a woman nursing a child. In the right background is a house amidst trees. Of the early period. Panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. Sale. G. Habich, Kassel, May 9, 1892, No. 114 (1980 mark, Kay). 849^. Card-Players. 13 inches by 10 inches. Sale. London, December 3, 1904, No. 105. 850. TWO CARD-PLAYERS AND A WOMAN IN A ROOM. Sm. Suppl. in. Three-quarter-length. On the left, in