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 258 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. g2c. A Village School, 'anel. Sale. Viscount Oxenbridge, London, December 9, 1899, No. 95. 392^. A Village School. Panel, io inches by 9! inches. Sale. Milbank, London, July 7, 1900, No. 112. 393. A School. Sm. 70. In the interior of a large old building with a thatched roof are about eighteen boys and girls. The master sits in a rustic chair before a desk on a platform. Panel, 6 inches by 8 inches. Described by Sm. from an engraving by Q. P. Chedel ; according to Wurzbach, Chedel engraved two plates, in one of which the master sits on the left, while in the other he is on the right. In the collection of the Comte de Boulbon when engraved. 393*7. The Village School. Nineteen figures. Etched by W. Baillie. 393^. The School. Engraved by Joel Ballin. 394. THE DENTIST. He is drawing a tooth from a peasant who sits in the centre in profile to the left, and is held fast by a woman seated behind him. On the right is a large cupboard ; on the wall, which goes away diagonally to the left background, are two shelves full of bottles and other things. Signed in full, and dated 1637 not 1657 as in the Leipzig catalogue facsimile; panel, 7^ inches by 10 inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 208) in the Ritterich collection, 1863. Exhibited at Leipzig, 1889, No. 174. In the collection of Canon Speth, Munich. In the collection of Dr. Ritterich, Leipzig, 1863. In the collection of Alfred Thieme, Leipzig, who gave it to the Museum in 1886. In the Leipzig Museum, 1903 catalogue, No. 655. 395. A VILLAGE BARBER DRAWING A TOOTH. In the middle of the barber's room a peasant sits facing the spectator. The barber, with a plumed grey cap, stands behind him drawing a tooth. To the left of the patient, whose face is working with pain, stands a little boy with a cap, who holds a dish and has a cloth over his left shoulder. The peasant's wife and three children are at the back to the right, lamenting ; the woman kneels with folded hands. In front of the group a peasant stands in profile to the left, leaning on his stick, and watches the operation with interest. On the left is a window, almost entirely cut off" by the frame. An early work. Formerly ascribed to Isack van Ostade. Panel, 13^ inches by i6| inches. Engraved by W. French and Sel. Langer.