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 390 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Safes. Ew. van Dishoek, The Hague, June 9, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 171), No. 41 (120 florins, bought in). Ew. van Dishoek, Amsterdam, November 6, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 277), No. 9 (72 florins, Frank). 805^. A Country Fair. With peasants and women dancing. 19! inches by 16 inches. Sale. C. A. de la Court, widow of J. Meerman, Leyden, October 25, 1754, No. 24 (100 florins, Bach). 805*. A Country Fair. At the back comes a quack doctor. 17^ inches by 15^ inches. Sale. G. Vogel, Rotterdam, July 3, 1755, No. 39. 806. An Exterior with Merry Peasants. Numerous figures. [Pendant to 920.] Dated 1642 ; oval, inches by i6 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 12, 1759, No. 14 (12 florins, with pendant). 806*7. Exterior with Many Merry Figures. Especially fine in execution ; of the best period. Sale. Amsterdam, February 27, 1760, No. 3. 807. A Country Fair in a Village. Many .peasants and women dance outside an inn in the foreground. In the middle distance are booths and waggons. In the distance is a tower. Canvas, 33 inches by 52 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 8, 1763, No. 10 (1005 florins, Fouquet). 807^. Dancing outside a Cottage. A peasant dances to^ the playing of a fiddler. Farther away a peasant holding a pipe and^many other persons watch the dancer. At the back are cottages. Panel, 17 inches by 15 inches. Sale. J. Viet, Amsterdam, October 12, 1774, No. 156 (68 florins, Yver). 808. A Peasant Couple dancing outside an Inn. A hurdy- gurdy man and a fiddler play. Various peasants and women with children sit or stand to look on. At the back are booths, cottages, and a church tower. Panel, 10 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 9, 1783, No. 39. 809. A Village Fair. Many booths, and numerous peasants and women going to market and selling their wares. Panel, 9^ inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Leyden, August 26, 1788, No. 108 (260 florins, Delfos). 8 10. Peasants dancing outside an Inn. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 288. Sale. Bryan, London, May 17, 1798, No. 25 (47 : 55.).