xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 441 K. Peasants playing, drinking, and fighting, 232/^248^. 1. Backgammon-players, 2 3 3/^-2 3 $j. 2. Card-players, 233^-236. 3. Skittle-players, 136^-237. 4. Men playing ball or bowls, 237^-238. 5. Undescribed game, 238^. 6. Peasants drinking and smoking, 239-246^. 7. A brawl, 246^-246^. 8. Tavern-scenes undescribed, 247-248^. L. Scenes in a winter landscape, 249-297^. 1. Fully described, 249-285. 2. Imperfectly described, 286-297^. M. Studies of heads and single figures, 298-305. N. Various genre-pieces, 306-3 n. O. Genre-pieces inadequately described, 312-338^. 1. Interiors, 3 12- (a) With figures, 312-322/7. (b} Undescribed, 323-324;-. 2. Miscellaneous, 325-338^. III. PORTRAIT, 339. IV. VIEWS OF TOWNS, 340-341. V. STILL-LIFE, 342-342^. VI. PICTURES UNDESCRIBED, 343-343/57. CATALOGUE RAISONNE 1-5. The Five Senses. Five pictures, circular or oval (see 343 a-h}. These formed part of a group of thirteen pictures which Isack van Ostade had been commissioned by the Amsterdam dealer Leendert Hendricksz Volmarijn to paint in 1641. At a sitting of the council of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke, January 31, 1643, Isack was required to complete the pictures by the ensuing Easter. For the thirteen pictures he was to receive 50 florins (Van der Willigen, p. 239). $a-e. The Five Senses. Five interiors with peasants and women. [Possibly identical with 6/'-6w.] Panel, 10 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Prince Trivulzio, Amsterdam, August 29, 1764 (Terw. 393), No. in (195 florins). 6-6d. The Five Senses. Represented by peasant companies. [Possibly identical with 6e-i.~ Panel, 9 inches by 1 1 inches.
