448 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. Signed, and dated 1643 ; canvas, 39 inches by 51^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 106. Exhibited by the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1901, No. 141. Sale. LangrafF, Paris, 1784 (2000 francs). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1901, No. 29. In the collection of W. Gates, New York. 27. TRAVELLERS HALTING AT THE INN DOOR. Sm. 7. The inn stands by the roadside to the left. In the centre is a waggon, drawn by a grey horse which feeds at a trough. To the left, in front of the inn door, a man leads his horse to the watering-place. The landlord hands a glass to a horseman, dressed in yellow and seen from the back. A groom holds by the bridle the horse of another rider, wearing dark clothes and seen in full face. On the right is a little beggar with three dogs. Near a thatched cottage are a man, a woman, and a child. In the middle distance is a little waggon drawn by two horses and an ox. Amidst trees in the distance is a church-tower. A fine picture. Signed in full on the drinking-trough to the left ; panel, 23 inches by 33 inches. Sales. Prince de Conti, Paris, March 15, 1779 ( I22 francs). M. Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2508 ; valued by the experts in 1816 (at 20,000 francs). 28. THE HALT (or, Travellers halting at an Inn). Sm. 65. The inn is in the right middle distance. A man looks out at the door, and converses with a man and a boy standing in front. In the left back- ground is a very large tree. On the right, adjoining the house, is an arbour ; here a man sits on a cask on the right and converses with a woman who has a jug in her right hand and a glass in her left. A dog is in front of the cask. In front of the house is a high two-wheeled cart with a grey horse, which feeds at a trough. A man seated in the cart pours out a glass of liquor from a jug. A man, standing near and con- versing with him, seems to have brought out the jug. In the left distance is a herdman with three cows. Above trees in the distance rises a church- tower. Good in quality. Panel, 20 inches by 18 inches. Engraved by Filheul in the Musee Napoleon. Sale. L. Merens, Amsterdam, April 15, 1778, No. 81 (435 florins, Wubbels). In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2509 ; it was in the old collection and was valued by the experts in 1816 (at 8000 francs). 29. TRAVELLERS HALTING AT A VILLAGE INN.-^ The thatched inn, with open door, is in the right middle distance. To the left, behind it, is a tall tree ; to the right is a well, at which a woman is raising a pail. In the centre foreground two young tramps lie asleep ; to the left of them is a dog ; behind them is a grey horse seen from the back. To the left is a view of a flat landscape. Signed ; canvas, 28^ inches by 39 inches.
