ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 3 11 with her left grasps the hand of a child seated on the floor in front of her. Behind them, steps lead up to another room. On the steps a bare-headed man stands singing ; he holds up his left hand, in which he holds his clay pipe. Farther up the steps is a young girl. "Le Brun mentions this picture as being one of the most perfect of the master's works " (Sm.). Signed, and dated 1659, according to Waagen ; panel, 17 inches by 23 inches. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 186 ; and by Waagen, ii. 254. Engraved by Daudet in the " Le Brun Gallery." Sm. wrongly identifies it with the picture of the Count van Wassenaar- Obdam's sale, 1750, which is 800 ; he probably confused it with another picture which was mentioned by Hoet (ii. 401) as in the Count's collection in 1752, but was not in the sale. Sales. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 69 (6940 francs). Beaujon, Paris, April 25, 1787 (5600 francs). Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June ii, 1800, No. 160 (2550 florins, J. Yver). Crawford, London, 1806, No. 28 (514 : ios., T. Penrice). In the Penrice collection, Yarmouth, 1829 (Sm.). Sale. John Penrice, London, July 6, 1844 (1375, Farrer). In the collection of C. Heusch, London, 1854 (Waagen). 550. Dancing at an Inn. A man and woman dance to the music of a fiddler, who stands on a bench. Numerous peasants sit at tables. On a staircase to the right stands a man looking down at the gaiety. In front are accessories an overturned bench and two children playing with a dog and a doll. At the back a door leads to the open air ; numerous people are coming in. Canvas, 20 inches by i6| inches. Sale. Baron von Mecklenburg, Paris, December n, 1854, No. 8. 55O#. A Rustic Wedding. With dancers, and men smoking and drinking. Canvas. Sale. Brussels, September 17, 1855, No. i. 551. Peasants dancing. Three couples are dancing on the right. On the left a stout peasant sits in profile to the right. Behind him, in a raised position, is a bagpiper playing dance music. Formerly ascribed to Isack van Ostade. Formerly in the collection of Prince Liechtenstein, Vienna, but no longer there. Described from a steel engraving by L. Beyer in Die Kunstsch'dtze Wiens in Stahlstich, Trieste, 1855. 5514. An Inn, with Peasants dancing, drinking, and smoking. A bagpiper is playing. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 15^ inches by 20 inches. Sale. M. Wolff, Berlin, May 25, 1857, No. 104.
