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 xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 451 The grey horse feeds at a trough into which a peasant puts fodder. On the left near the mounted man is a beggar-woman with a child on her back and a boy on her left, with a little dog. There are several other groups of figures and poultry ; to the right a man sits on a bench eating soup. In the right background is a tall church steeple. [Compare 23, a replica or old copy.] "An admirably finished picture" (Sm.). Signed in full, and dated 1645 ; canvas, 19^ inches by 25 inches. Exhibited at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1909, No. 70. In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, exhibited for sale in London, 1834 (priced at 400). Sales. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 19 (6200 francs). Comte de Morny, Paris, May 24, 1852 offered for sale in London, 1848, according to Sm. (priced at 441). Mrs. Lyne Stephens, London, May 9, 1 895, No. 340 (i 743, Agnew). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1895, No. 28. In the collection of P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia, 1900 catalogue, No. 235. 38. TRAVELLERS HALTING AT AN INN. Sm. Suppl. 12. In the left foreground are tall trees ; behind them to the right is the inn. On the right is a waggon with a grey horse feeding at a trough, into which a man puts fodder. In the waggon is a woman. Under a roof at the side of the inn are two men and a woman. Near the cart a boy stands with his back to the spectator and a girl rests on the ground. In the centre foreground a boy drives four hogs. In the right background is a church-tower, with the sea beyond. A hilly landscape. Signed in full, and dated 1640 ; canvas, 42 inches by 60 inches. Sates. De Quarles, Amsterdam, October 19, 1818, No. 42 (1100 florins, Roos). Baron Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, September 5, 1851, No. 46 (1320 francs, Lamme) ; it was in this collection in 1842 (Sm.). H. de Kat, Paris, May 2, 1866, No. 64 (5000 francs, Boymans Museum). In the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 231. 38*. Peasants at a Halting-Place. 34 inches by 45 inches. Sale. Plettenberg, Amsterdam, April 2, 1738 (Hoet, i. 503), No. 102 (185 florins). 38^. A Halting-Place. 25 inches by 31^ inches. Sale. Jacob van der Dussen, Amsterdam, April 12, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 311), No. 25 (53 florins). 39. Outside a Country Inn. Carts, horses, and men. Landscape background. inches by 33^ inches.