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 xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 515 Panel, i8| inches by 24 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 21, 1797 (39 florins, Yver). 237. The Bowl-Players. Sm. 33, and Suppl. 21. In the courtyard of a village inn, to the right, nine peasants play bowls. One has just thrown a bowl ; another stands ready to follow. A woman stands within the half- door. Two peasants sit outside it. In the foreground a man reclines on a bench. Adjoining the inn are sheds and a pump. Panel, 16 inches by 19 inches. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 57, 66. Sale. Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801, No. 80 (4260 francs, Bryan). In Bryan's catalogue of the Robit collection, 1802, No. 6. Sales. George Hibbert, London, June 13, 1829 (.223 : 133., Peacock). W. Williams Hope, London, June 14, 1849 ( 2 ^ 2 ' IOS -> Norton). 23 ja. Peasants playing Ball. Sale. A. W. J. Berg, Amsterdam, July 7, 1825, No. 184 (16 florins). 238. Skittle- Players. On the right are numerous peasants in an inn-yard. Some sit at table. Others take part as spectators in a quarrel among the skittle-players, who are playing in the centre. To the right .are the inn door, a barn, and some inn utensils. At the back are trees and a church-tower. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1642 ; panel, 18 inches by 26 inches. Sale. Marquis de Salamanca, Paris, June 3, 1867, No. 103. 238*7. Four Peasants playing and drinking. Outside a cottage. Panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. Sale. J. van der Putte, Amsterdam, May 22, 1810, No. 72 (i florin). 239. Peasants drinking in an Interior. In a golden-brown tone. Signed with the monogram, and dated 1640. In the collection of F. H. Wente, Amsterdam. 240. A COTTAGE INTERIOR WITH FIGURES. They sit or stand, drink beer, and smoke. In front a man lights his pipe at an ember which an old woman hands him. Catalogued as by B. Cuyp, whose work it recalls in colour. The figures, however, show that it is by Isack van Ostade. Panel, 28 inches by ii inches. Purchased from the La Caze collection, Paris, 1829. In the Bordeaux Museum, 1894 catalogue, No. 194. 240*7. An Inn with Four Horsemen drinking. They are to the right. In front are two men. It might be the work of Oudenrogge. In the Cavens collection, Brussels. 241. PEASANTS SMOKING AND CAROUSING. Two men are at a table. The left-hand man wears a fiery red cap ; the right-