ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. In the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, 1815 catalogue, No. 152 and No. 137. Sale. Lucien Bonaparte, London, 1816 (242 : iis.). Sold to Eynard of Paris (for j6oo) and by him to Comte Pourtales (also for ^600). Bought with the whole Pourtales collection by Sm. and Emmerson in 1826, and sold to Boursault (for j6oo). In the Boursault collection, 1829 ; bought as a whole by Arteria for Edmund Higginson of Saltmarsh Castle before 1842. Sale. E. Higginson, London, June 4, 1846, No. 17 of the 1842 catalogue (1060 : ios., Nieuwenhuys). 66. Halting at an Inn. At the roadside in front is a very fine and large tree. Behind it a peasant leads a horse drawing a cart full of vegetables. In the right background is an inn. Outside it is a small two-wheeled cart with a horse which is feeding ; several persons sit in the cart drinking. The landlord, jug in hand, waits beside it to take the glasses. In the left background is a bridge. A peasant, followed by a child and a dog, crosses it. Panel, 24 inches by 32 inches. Sale. Heris, Brussels, June 19, 1846, No. 54. 67. Outside an Inn. Under some trees is a waggon with horses that are feeding. A man on a grey horse drinks beer. Beyond is a view of a village. In the collection of Joseph Everett, Heytesbury, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 391). 68. Halting at an Inn. Sm. Suppl. 15. On the left is a thatched cottage picturesquely placed amid trees with scanty foliage. In front is a sandhill in full light, partly hiding a thatched cottage, outside which a peasant, with a stick on his shoulder, leads a red cow. Beyond the sand- hill is a rustic well. Farther back is a little inn with men drinking outside it. They look at two cavaliers, one of whom rides a black horse. Near them are the people of the inn, one of them carrying a pail. Canvas, 18 inches by 22 inches. In the collection of D. van der Schrieck, Louvain, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 79 (1500 francs, Le Roy). 69. Halting at an Inn. On a green bank stretching away into the distance, with an inn amidst trees on the right, a man sits conversing with a peasant carrying a bundle on his back and a woman with a basket on her arm. Behind them is a dog. On the right, near the trees, are two boys. At the back are two other figures. Signed on the left at foot ; panel, io| inches by 8 inches. Sale. ]. ]. Chapuis, Brussels, December 4, 1865, No. 299. 70. Halting at an Inn. Outside an inn is a waggon with two horses, carrying three passengers. One of them, a woman, takes a glass of wine. In the right background is another waggon. In front is a group of peasants. Signed in full, and dated 1646 ; panel, 19^ inches by 20 inches.
