276 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 438^. An Itinerant Bagpiper at an Inn. With other peasants. 1 8 inches by 19 inches. Sale. G. Vogel, Rotterdam, July 3, 1755, No. 40. 439. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player at an Inn. A crowd of peasants drinking. In front sits a man who offers a glass of beer to a hurdy-gurdy player. Panel, 17^ inches by 14 inches. Sale. Lambert ten Kate, Amsterdam, May 29, 1776, No. 100 (360 florins, Wubbels). 439*7. A Peasant playing the Flute in front of a Cottage. With other figures. Panel, 15 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Willem Adriaan Taree, The Hague, October I, 1777, No. 9 (38 florins 5, Bergen). 440. Three Peasants at an Inn Window. Sm. 74. One plays the fiddle. Another offers him a glass of beer. The third man is to the right. The wall is overgrown with vine. Panel, 9^ inches by 7 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 19. Sm. and Blanc say that Ostade etched the picture, but the description does not accord with any one of Ostade's etchings. Sale. Nogaret, Paris, 1780 (400 francs). 4400. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player at a Cottage. Sale. Johan Engelman, Haarlem, July 16, 1782, No. 45. 440^. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player in a Country Barn. With other figures. [Pendant to 686j.] Sale. J. van der Maas and the widow P. van Spijk, Rotterdam, June 30, 1783, No. 53. 440^. The Fiddler in the Village. In the village street at evening an itinerant fiddler plays before a house. A man and a woman look out at the door listening. Round the fiddler stand some children ; One holds a lighted lantern. Panel, io| inches by 8 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 10, 1785, No. 248. 440^. A Hurdy-Gurdy Player at a Cottage. A child and other persons listen to him. Panel, 19 inches by 16 inches. Sale. (Fiseau ?), Amsterdam, August 30, 1797, No. 161 (63 florins, J. Smit). 441. A Flute-Player outside an Inn. He is in the middle of a group of peasants. At the side are a dog, baskets, casks, and other objects. Panel, 23 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 7, 1803, No. 120 (250 florins).
