274 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Signed in full in the left foreground ; panel, 32 inches by 48 inches. Described by Sm. as a "capital picture" by Isack van Ostade (Sm. 32) ; described also by Waagen (ii. 201) as the work of Isack. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. ion ; and at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1900, No. 5. In the collection of Paul Methuen, Corsham, Wilts, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 525). In the collection of Lieutenant-Colonel G. L. Holford, London. 435. THE ITINERANT MUSICIAN (or, The Hurdy- Gurdy Player at a Cottage). Sm. 56, and Suppl. 23. Three- quarter-length. A hurdy-gurdy player stands in the right centre, in profile to the left, turning the handle with his left hand. He wears a purple jacket, a short cloak, and a large hat. He is speaking to two children who stand to the left a little girl in a blue jacket, yellow apron, and white cap, seen from the back, and a boy with a satchel under his arm. Between them is seen a peasant in a brown jacket and red cap, who leans his left elbow on the closed half-door of a cottage and looks out ; he holds a clay pipe in his hand, and wears a felt hat. Behind him, in shadow, are a man and woman. Above the door is a small projecting roof overgrown with vine. On both sides of it are windows with small panes. Signed on the right ; panel, I2| inches by loj inches. Engraved by Charles Lewis. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 185. Sale. Count van Wassenaar-Obdam, The Hague, August 19, 1750 (Hoet, ii. 292), No. 35 (335 florins, Bisschop). In the Bisschop collection, Rotterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 528); sold as a whole in 1771 to the Hopes of Amsterdam. Sale. Lord Radstock, London, May 12, 1826, No. 25 (94 : los.). In the collection of the late Peter Rainer, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Peter Rainer, London, May 24, 1845, No. 28 (110 : 55., Sm.). Sold by Sm. to Sir Thomas Baring. Sale. Sir Thomas Baring, London, June 3, 1848, No. 120 (88 :4s.). In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 138. 436. THE ITINERANT MUSICIAN. See Sm. Suppl. 23. Half-length. On the left stands a hurdy-gurdy player. He wears a light- green jacket and a very dark-green hat with a narrow brim and a brown feather ; a leathern wallet hangs at his right side from a strap passing over his left shoulder. He is in sunlight under trees. On the right, three children watch him. On the extreme right the face of a man is seen at the open half-door of a cottage. The prevailing tone is green. The panel has been patched at the top and on the right. [Probably identical with the picture mentioned by Sm.] Signed in full in the right-hand top corner; panel, 14 inches by 13 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1 894, No. 59. Sales. Paris, 1795 (20,000 assignats). London, 1876 according to Art Sales ; or, May i, 1880 according to the Museum authorities (315, lonides).
