c r 5 88 ADRIAEN BROUWER SECT. old man, who caresses her. At the back are three other drunken men. Freely handled. Panel, 12 inches by 8i inches. Sale. P. L. Mortier, Amsterdam, May 6, 1846, No. 72 (36 florins 50, Gruijter). Sm h. The Peasant in Love. He embraces a woman who faces
- ctator and has a coin in her hand.
Signed on a table to the left at foot with the monogram ; panel, io inches by 8 inches. Sale. J. J. von Hirsch auf Gereuth, Cologne, September 23, 1878, No. 25. 70. THE MERRY OLD MAN. In a cottage room a merry old man teases a woman who sits on a bench, leaning her elbows on a table. His boon companions look on mockingly. Signed on the left with the monogram; panel, 10 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Aug. Coster, Brussels, April 4, 1907, No. 29. joa. A Rustic Wedding. In a room are peasants and women dancing, gambling, drinking, and love-making. Canvas, 15 inches by 20 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, July 10, 1805, No. 17 (14 florins, Gruyter). D. Mansveld, Amsterdam, August 13, 1806, No. 13* (14 florins). }- 1 'job. A Rustic Wedding. In front peasants dance. Farther back the queen of the festival, wearing a crown, is toasted by young men. Sale. V , Paris, April 24, 1862, No. 2. 7 C ?oc. A Wedding. Called " De Pisser." The original has disappeared. According to Bode, Great Masters of Dutch and Flemish Painting, p. 277, the composition is preserved in a drawing by C. Dusart in the Albertina. jod. A Loving Couple. Three-quarter-length. An old man in a broad-brimmed felt hat embraces a young woman, who counts the money that he has just given her. In the left background is a man smoking ; another man goes out at the door. Dated 1634. Engraved by J. Marinus. 70*. A Comic Scene. A peasant and a woman sit in front of a partition. She cleans his head while he amuses her. Behind the partition are four spectators. Engraved by an unknown engraver after a picture by Brouwer. "71. CHILDREN OUTSIDE A COTTAGE. One has a funnel on his head ; another plays the rommelpot. Three adults watch them from the cottage. In the children's dresses are noteworthy the steely blue and light pink tones which Brouwer favoured in his early period.
