462 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. four-wheeled tilted waggon, followed by two persons. In the centre fore- ground a man drives a sledge, drawn by a bay horse, towards the right background. To the right, in front, a boy pushes a little girl on a sledge to the left. In the right middle distance is an inn. In the open arbour a woman is seated and a man stands up. They converse with a man standing outside in front of them ; at his side are two children. A fine clear frosty day. "An excellent production" (Sm.). [Pendant to 142.] Signed in full on the right, and dated 1645 ; canvas, 35 inches by 45 inches. Sale. Hendrik Twent, Leyden, August 1 1, 1789, No. 5 (180 florins, Coders). In the collection of D. van der Schrieck, Louvain, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 78 (9000 francs, Le Grel for the Antwerp Museum). In the Antwerp Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 467. 8 1. A FROZEN RIVER (or, Halting at an Inn in Winter). To the left is a frozen river, stretching away into the distance, where a town is dimly seen on the bank with hills beyond. In the right fore- ground, on the bank, is an inn with a large tree behind it, and another to the left of it. Outside the door sits a woman ; two men stand up. Behind them to the left is a grey horse drawing a sledge in which are four persons. In front of the sledge is a dog on the edge of the bank. To the left, again, are another horse and sledge with figures. In the immediate right foreground is a boat on the ice ; a man sits on the edge of it, fastening his skates. In the left foreground is a sledge laden with barrels ; a boy pulls it and a man pushes it. To the left of this man is a dog. In the centre of the middle distance are a man pushing a sledge forward, and another man driving a sledge away. Beyond these are figures on the ice, and to the left a large boat. Signed in full ; panel, 16 inches by 21 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 296. In the collection of Wynn Ellis, London, and bequeathed by him to the National Gallery, 1876. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 963. 82. HALTING AT AN INN IN WINTER. To the right, on the bank of a frozen river, are two boys ; one, with a dog beside him, fastens on his skates. Behind the boys is an inn. A waggon has halted, and the horse is feeding. At the inn door are three men. On the ice are two sledges, full of people, drawn by a grey and a bay horse respectively. In the foreground many persons are sledging or skating. To the left is a windmill. Cloudy sky. The whole picture is brown in tone. The grey horse is weakly drawn. The group in the sledge, the two boys and the dog, are well done. Canvas, 42 inches by 57^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 185. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1903, No. 65.
