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 xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 507 Signed in full ; panel, io| inches by 15^ inches. Sale. N. G. Nahuys van Burgst, Antwerp, September 13, 1858, No. 1 1 6. 214*:. A Musician outside a Country Inn. With other figures. Panel, 19! inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June n, 1861, No. 177 (6 florins 25, Engesmet). 215. Strolling Musicians outside a Country Inn. One plays the fiddle, and the other grinds a barrel-organ. At the door stands the host with a glass of beer. To the left are four children and to the right three, two of whom are fighting. Panel, 14 inches by 19 inches. Sales. M. Vanderbueken of Louvain, Brussels, 1 84.0. J. J. Chapuis, Brussels, December 4, 1865, No. 298 (650 francs). 2 1 6. The Fiddler. In the middle distance are many houses, with an inn to the right. At the inn door is a woman with a child. Outside a man plays the fiddle ; many children listen. All these figures are in strong sunlight. To the right, under the eaves of the inn, sit a peasant and an old woman, with two other men, one of whom lifts his mug above his head and dances. Farther back are children ; one climbs a ladder. At the back are a pump and various utensils. To the left are hens, a dog, and a cock near a poultry-run. A vine grows on the roof ; above is seen the sky. Canvas, 23 inches by 33^ inches. In the Dansaert-Engels collection. Sale. Weber de Treuenfels, Paris, April 8, 1867, No. 22 (4500 francs). 2i6a. An Organ-Grinder. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 646. Then in the collection of E. A. Leatham. 2 1 6b. An Organ-Grinder with Peasants singing. In an*interior. 9 inches by ioj inches. Sale. J. Gillott, London, April 19, 1872, No. 337 (^32 : ils., Everard). 2i6c. Two Strolling Musicians. Outside an inn door.^l Several peasants and children listen. On the left above a fence are leafy trees. Signed in full on the right at foot ; 14 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Hohenzollern, Berlin, May 13, 1890, No. 29. 2 1 6d. A Boy singing and dancing outside an Inn. Many spectators. Panel, I2| inches by 18 inches. In the collection of Queen Desideria of Sweden, No. 31. Sale. Chr. Hammer of Stockholm, Cologne, October 5, 1892, No. 162. 216*. An Old Man grinding an Organ. At the door of a cottage, in which are seen the peasant and his wife. Other adults and children.