xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 463 In the collection of Sir Thomas Baring, London. In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 139. 83. HALTING AT AN INN IN WINTER. On a frozen canal, in the left middle distance, are skaters. By the left bank is a windmill. On the right bank two gentlemen converse with a lady. To the right near them is a sledge. In the centre foreground another sledge is drawn by a grey horse up a steep road to the right. In the right middle distance is an inn. In front of it is a waggon with two horses feeding at a trough. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 16445 panel, 26 inches by 36 inches. In the collection of King Maximilian I. of Bavaria. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 378. 84. HALTING AT AN INN IN WINTER. On a frozen canal, stretching from the right foreground to the left centre, are many figures. In front is a strip of shore, with a woman, seen from the back, seated in the middle of it. Beyond her is a hand-sledge, with two boys behind it and a dog to the right. In the left foreground is a boat ; behind it on the bank are two men seen from the back, one seated and the other standing. On the high bank in the right middle distance is an inn, with trees behind it to the right and a wooden fence ; in front of the inn is a sledge with a grey horse. To the left, behind the inn, are other buildings and sailing boats. On the ice in front of the bank are several skaters. Signed in full on the boat to the left ; panel, 12 inches by 22| inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 104. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 63 ; bought as a whole in 1907 by the London dealers Duveen Brothers. 85. HALTING AT AN INN IN WINTER (or, View on a Canal during a Severe Frost). Sm. Suppl. 7. To the right is a frozen canal. To the left is the high bank, with a village in the middle distance. The inn is on the extreme left, and farther away towards the right are other houses, a church, and a rick. To the left, in front of the inn, is a large tree ; to the right, beside it, is a road on which is a man with a sledge full of wood drawn by a grey horse. On the ice to the right are a cavalier in black with a light yellow cloak and a lady in a crimson skirt, black bodice, and black cloak. They are about to enter a sledge drawn by a grey horse ; a man in purple with a red cap arranges the seat. To the right, behind it, is another sledge drawn by a chestnut horse. In the right middle distance a man pushes a sledge laden with wood. In the left foreground is a beggar with his dog. In the centre is a little boy with a small sledge. In the right background is a windmill. A fine and large picture, in the style of the master's pictures in England. Signed in full on the right at foot ; panel, 28^ inches by 45^ inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. of Russia. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 962 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at 500).
