456 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. the steps near an old man who stoops and leans on a stick. Near the inn are five soldiers and peasants with pipes, glasses, and jugs. These men and several others have descended from a post-waggon which has halted. In front and to the side is a two-wheeled cart with a horse ; in front sits a woman, while a man behind her hands a package to a peasant. Farther away a man leads forward a cow. [Possibly identical with 61, but not, as Sm. suggests, with 125.] Canvas, 38 inches by 53! inches. Sales. Chevalier Lambert, Paris, March 27, 1787 (1701 francs). Sebastien Erard, Paris, April 23, 1832, No. 105 (4801 francs). 580. Outside a Cottage. A man gives fodder to a grey horse. Panel. Sale. Amsterdam, August 3, 1835, No. 66. 58^. Outside an Inn. On the road is a traveller on a grey horse. Accessories. Canvas, 35^ inches by 30 inches. Sale. Bleuland, Utrecht, May 6, 1839, No. 261. 59. Halting at an Inn. Sm. 23, and Suppl. 18. At the roadside to the right are several houses and a country inn, at which a post-waggon drawn by two horses one of them a grey and several travellers with their horses have halted. One man warms himself; another, seated, pulls up his stockings ; three others rest under a hedge in front. In the distance are two cavaliers. Panel, 19 inches by 19 inches. Sale. Calonne, Paris, April 21, 1788 (4802 francs). In the possession of O'Neil before 1842. 60. Halting at an Inn. Sm. Suppl. 22. At the roadside to the right is a picturesque inn, with several travellers and others outside it. Among them are two women and a man in a waggon drawn by two horses ; one woman holds a glass. A man in blue and two boys are near the waggon ; an ostler puts fodder into a trough. On the left, near two trees, a group of travellers rest ; beyond are two children and a horse and cart. In the background are houses above which rises the church-spire. Evening. "An excellent work of the master" (Sm.). Panel, 19 inches by 2o| inches. In the De Reus collection, The Hague, 1842 (Sm.). 61. Halting at an Inn. Sm. Suppl. 24. To the left, in a hilly landscape, is an inn with a flight of steps in front. Among numerous travellers a group of five are prominent. One man sits on a basket. Another man hands his companion a glass. A third stands behind a trough, at which are two horses harnessed to a waggon containing a man and a woman j the man takes a package from another man at the side of the waggon. A man leads an ox by a cord. At the back are several cottages receding into the distance. " A clear and admirable example of the master" (Sm.). [Possibly identical with 58.]
