x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 405 Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1886, No. 101 ; and at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1904, No. 352. Sales. Due de Choiseul, Paris, 1772 (4600 francs). Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (5000 francs, Demarets). Lambert et Du Porail, Paris, March 27, 1787 (4200 francs, Lerat). P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August i, 1810, No. 72 (1200 florins, De Vries). H. Croese, Amsterdam, September 18, 1811, No. 61 (855 florins, Van Ypern for Vreesman). Lapeyriere, Paris, April 14, 1817 (5450 francs, Duke of Wellington). In the collection of the Duke of Wellington, Apsley House, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 85. 857. Skittle-Players. On the right is a house. At the door and in front of it are various figures. In the centre a man stands beside a seated man. Farther to the left a man throws a ball. At the back are numerous other figures in the village street, with a church-tower. Signed in full to the right on an overturned bench ; panel, 25^ inches by 27^ inches. In the collection of the late C. T. Yerkes, New York, 1904 catalogue, No. 69. 858. Ring-Ball. Sm. 88. In the courtyard of a rustic inn five men are grouped at a table under a tree on the right j they smoke, drink, and converse. On the left two peasants play ring-ball, striking a wooden ball through a ring fixed in the ground. A boy looks on. In the right back- ground is a barn. In the centre foreground is a tub. Panel, 12^ inches by i6| inches. Engraved by Benazech, in 1770, as " Le jeu de courte-boule." Sale. Isaak Walraven, Amsterdam, October 14, 1765, No. 8 (620 florins). In the De Bourdonne collection, 1770. Sales. Montribloud, Paris, February 9, 1784. Jan Gildemeester, Amsterdam, June n, 1800, No. 165 (675 florins, B. de Bosch). Baron Thiebaut, Paris, 1817 (1006 francs). Purchased in Rome, 1900. In the collection of J. Hage, Nivaa, 1908 catalogue, No. 45. 858^7. Peasants playing Skittles. Full of figures. 17 inches by 20 J inches. Sale. Coenraad Baron Droste, The Hague, July 21, 1734 (Hoet, i. 428), No. 84 (160 florins). 858^. Peasants playing Skittles and drinking outside an Inn. [Probably identical with 855.] i6| inches by 20 inches. Sale. Fabricius, Haarlem, August 19, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 264), No. 5 (431 florins). 85 8r. Peasants playing Skittles outside a House. 28 inches by 25 inches. In the collection of Johannes Lubbeling, Amsterdam, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 519).
