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DAVID TENIERS.

Formerly in the collection of the Count de Clermont.
A picture, resembling the above description, is in the collection
of the Baron Delessert.
568. The Freemasons. The Interior of a large room, with
a company of six artisans in front, two of whom are seated at a
little table, playing at cards; the one on the spectator’s left is
an elderly man, dressed in black, and having a broad frill round
his neck ; his adversary looks like a cook, wears a cap on
his head, and has a case of knives by his side; three of the
others are on the farther side of the table, watching: the game;
the sixth is turned round to the wall; the company is over-
looked by an old woman, from a little window above. In the
back part of the room are five more figures, and amongst them
is a woman frying cakes, &c. An excellent production.
1 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 2 in.-—P. (about.) Worth 450 gs.
Engraved by Lepicie, under the title of Les Francs-Maqons
Flamands.
Collection of M. Bellanger, . . . 1747.
Now in the collection of Sir Simon Clarke, Bart.

569. The Fond Couple. The Interior of a Room, in front
of which are a man and woman, sitting together near a tub,
which serves them for a table; the man holds a jug in one
hand, and is chuckling the woman under the chin with the
other ; another man is seen quitting the room by a door, on
the opposite side. A brass milk-can.and two earthen pans are
on the ground ; also a chopping-block, with a candlestick on
it: these occupy the front,
Engraved by Canot, under the title of L ’amoureux Buveur.

570. A View of a large open space, appropriated for bleaching
grounds, surrounded by cottages. Numerous females are seen
busily engaged laying out or watering the cloth ; a large barn
stands on the right and front, in which is a woman washing ;
others are sitting at the door, taking refreshments. A woman,