x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 275 In the collection of Constantine Alexander lonides, who bequeathed it in 1900 to the Museum. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, lonides bequest. 437. THE OLD FIDDLER. An old fiddler stands at a cottage door, surrounded by the cottager's family and their friends. An old woman, holding a baby, leans on the half-door. A boy scrambles on the little roof over the door to see better. The smaller children crowd round the fiddler ; a boy sits on a basket at his feet. To the left of this group are three men with a dog. In the shadow of the house to the right a man sits smoking on a bench ; an old woman and a man anxiously wait for a man, who stands in front of them, to pour out wine from a bottle which he holds up high. Two figures, an old pump, and other accessories are on the extreme right. Signed, and dated 1641 ; canvas, 26 inches by 31 inches. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1908 catalogue, No. 59; acquired in 1871. 438. The Hurdy-Gurdy Player at an Inn. At the door stands the host with a glass of beer in his left hand. Behind him, two men's heads are indistinctly seen over his right shoulder. In front of the door stands the hurdy-gurdy player surrounded by five children, a nurse, and an adult. A boy, with his back to the spectator, plays the fiddle beside the man. On the extreme right is a schoolboy. In the half-shadow to the left a man bends down. Behind the house to the left are trees. Signed on a board to the right with a monogram, having on each side of it two figures of a date ; the two right-hand figures are illegible, and the supposed monogram may perhaps be read as the figures 40 ; panel, 1 8 inches by 14^ inches. In the collection of Dombrova von Treuenwald till 1877, when it was sold to Novak. In the Novak collection, Prague, 1903 catalogue, No. 62. 438*7. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player. With six large figures. [Possibly identical with 433.] Tall and narrow. Sale. Cornelis van Dijck, The Hague, May 10, 1713 (Hoet, i. 161), No. 14 (190 florins). 438^. In front of a Village Inn. A country waggon comes along. A hurdy-gurdy player, and peasants drinking. 24 inches by 32 inches. In the collection of Jacob Halfwassenaar, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 465). 438*:. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player before a Cottage. He is sur- rounded by listening children. At the back peasants are drinking. Panel, 12 inches by io| inches. In the collection of William Lormier, The Hague (Hoet, ii. 434) ; he had bought it from Jaques de Roore (for 250 florins), and sold it to Prince van Galensin [Galitzin ?] on November 10, 1756, with another picture (for 750 florins) according to his own storeroom catalogue of December 1754, No. 212.
