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 xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 471 .- the composition and drawing are perfect ; in execution it resembles. . . the best works of Paul Potter " (Sm.). Panel, 22 inches by 19^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosife, i. 194. ; and by Waagen, i. 405. Engraved by Dunker while in the collection of the Due de Choiseul. Sale. Due de Choiseul, Paris, April 6, 1772, No. 45 (6700 francs). Bought from Erard in Paris, 1823, by Sm., who sold it to Robert Peel (for 420). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., London ; sold to the National Gallery in 1871. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 847. 115. TRAVELLERS ON THE ROAD. On the road is a waggon in which sits a woman with a basket ; a man walks beside the horse. In front a barefooted boy wades through a stream ; he carries a stick and has a dog at his side. By the roadside to the right lies a young man watching the waggon ; to the left is a horseman. Behind the waggon are cows. At the back is a clump of trees ; beyond them is a church-tower. Signed in full, and dated 1645 ; panel, 21 inches by 18 inches. In the collection of the late George Salting, London ; bequeathed in 1909 to the national collections. In the National Gallery, London, 1910, No. 2544. Landscape at Night with a Monastery. The lonely monastery stands on a hill. At the door is a traveller. A monk at the side holds a lighted torch to illumine the scene. Signed ; panel, n| inches by 10 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 4, 1785, No. 269 (3 florins 5, Martins). 115^. View of a Village with Trees. In front is an overturned waggon. Near it stand a horse, peasants, and women. Farther away are a post-waggon and other figures. 20 inches by 33 inches. Sale. C. Groeninx van Zoelen and others, Rotterdam, June 25, 1800, No. 27 (13 florins 10). 1 1 5c. A Village Scene. A cavalier on a grey horse, a horseman in a red cloak, and a post- waggon. Sale. T. Capron, London, May 3, 1851 (472, bought in). 116. A Post- Waggon halting. A cavalier drinking. [Possibly identical with 104.] Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 289. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 1016. Sale. R. Sanderson, London, 1858 (j8o : 173., Morris). 117. A Landscape with Travellers. Sm. 37. Sale. Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., and G. Hibbert, London, May 14, 1802 (90 : 6s.).