466 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. sledge. In front children learn to skate ; one has fallen. A fine clear frosty day. Panel, 22^ inches by 30^ inches. In the Boursault collection, Paris ; bought with the collection by Arteria for Edmund Higginson in 1835. Sales. E. Higginson of Saltmarsh Castle, London, June 4, 1846 No. 24 of the 1842 catalogue (378, Turner). E. Higginson, London, 1860 (304 : los., Nieuwenhuys, according to Art Sales; but 302 : ios., Hunter, according to a MS. note by Sm. in his own copy of his catalogue). M. Nieuwenhuys, London, 1864 (294, Neal). E. W. Anderson, London, 1864 (^294, bought in). 96. Halting at an Inn in Winter. Sm. Suppl. 32. A sledge drawn by a bay horse pulls up at an inn overgrown with a vine. Two men unload casks, under the eye of the landlord who stands on the threshold. On the right, near the front, a young man goes down into the cellar, holding an earthenware jug. In front are a cock and hens, an empty cask, and a cage. Farther away a woman dealing in fish and vegetables has set up her stall ; in front of her are peasants making purchases, with children, one of whom has a poodle. Behind them an old man on crutches comes forward. In the background a quack on a stand cries his wares. In the distance are the church-tower and houses of a village. In the left foreground, near a pump, two dogs are fighting. In the doorway hang the hoop of a cask, a duck, and a poultry basket. The thatched roof is partly shaded by a tree. A crane sits on the chimney. On the verandah roof is a dovecot. The men with the casks and the horse are vividly lighted. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1645 ; panel, 26 inches by 23 inches. Sales. Soeterwoude, June 15, 1779, No. 13 (1300 florins, Wubbels). Fiseau (?), Amsterdam, August 30, 1797, No. 165 (1000 florins, J. de Bos). In the collection of the Baron van Brienen van de Grootelindt, Amsterdam, 1842 (Sm., who valued it at ^200). Sales. Baron van Brienen van de Grootelindt, Paris, May 8, 1865, No. 23 (25,200 francs). Marquis H. de V , London, 1871 (157 : ios.) called "Halt at Sunset." 97. Halting at an Inn in Winter. Sm. Suppl. 28. On a frozen canal are many figures. A man in a brown jacket drives a sledge laden with straw and drawn by a bay horse ; a man sits on the straw. Behind it a man walks down a plank to the ice ; a boy puts on his skates near two other boys. On the same side, a man with a grey horse halts at two thatched cottages enclosed in a wooden fence. On the other side are two boys and a dog. An "excellent picture" (Sm.). Panel, 18 inches by 24^ inches. In the collection of Baron Delessert, Paris, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Fran5ois Delessert, Paris, March 15, 1869, No. 69 (4100 francs). 97<z. Halting at an Inn in Winter. On a frozen canal are
