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 446 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. To the left is a little dog. In the centre foreground, but slightly to the left, is a pig, near a little stream. Beyond it, a man, in a recum- bent attitude, is seen from the back. A man with a stick on his left shoulder stands in front of him and speaks to him. To the left is a willow-trunk. A fine evening. Panel, 32 inches by 43 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Trlsor de la Curiosite, i. 359, and ii. 423. Exhibited in the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, offered for sale in London, 1834. Sales. De Jaback, Paris, November 27, 1772. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 118 (15,000 francs, Radix Saint-Foix). D'Arney, Paris, 1791. Duruey, Paris, 1791 (7401 francs, Robit). Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (9020 francs). Seguin, Paris, 1805. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 18 (31,000 francs, Count Demidoff) possibly sold with 56. Prince Demidoff of San Donate, Paris, April 18, 1868, No. 9. In the collection of Alfred de Rothschild, London. 23. A Village Scene (or, Travellers halting at an Inn). This picture corresponds in detail to 37 ; it may be either an original replica, or an old copy of that picture. Panel, 26 inches by 33 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, Suppl. 88. Sale. Lord Rendlesham, London, 1810 (^78 : 155., Marquess of Hertford). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford, London. In the Wallace Collection, London, 1908 catalogue, No. 21. 24. TRAVELLERS HALTING AT AN INN. Sm. 56. A cavalier in a red jacket with a white collar and a plumed hat has dis- mounted from a grey horse with a red saddle-cloth, and gives it into the charge of a man standing before him, with a jug in his hand. The cavalier is seen from the back. The horse stands to the left, in profile to the right, at a stone trough full of hay. Near the inn door a man sits filling his pipe. On the right a woman bends down to lift a child. At the end of the house a flight of stone steps leads up to an adjacent cottage. A woman sits on the top steps, with a man beside her ; two children are at the foot. Near some sheds on the other side of the inn are a pig, a dog, and some fowls. Above the house to the right rises a church-tower. At the end of the buildings are trees. In front a basket lies on its side. An " excellent picture " (Sm.). Signed in full, and dated 1649 ; canvas, 32 inches by 26 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, iii. 27, and Suppl. 131. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1888, No. 99. Sales. Prince Galitzin, Paris, 1825 (13,150 francs). Joseph Barchard, London, 1826 (572 : 55.). In the collection of William Wells, Redleaf, 1829 (Sm.). Sa&.W. Wells of Redleaf, London, May 12, 1848 (1050, Farrer).