470 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. with a woman seated on a bank near a placid stream at which a dog drinks. In the right middle distance are trees with thatched cottages shaded by an old oak. Two persons sit on a wooden bench near an open door. Here stand a woman and a man who pulls a cow after him and is entering the house. In the left distance are other thatched cottages and several figures. Meadows with hedges stretch away into the distance. Panel, i8| inches by 24 inches. Sale. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 81 (500 francs). iiz. A Beggar resting by the Roadside. 1 1 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Seger Tierens, The Hague, July 23, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 109), No. 174 (33 florins). ii2c. A Beggar. A small picture. Sale. J. van Teylingen, Leyden, June 30, 1744, No. 46 (14 florins). Hid. A Beggar. In a landscape are a gentleman and a lady, with a man-servant behind them. At the roadside a man with a dog stands asking an alms. In the distance are a loaded waggon and a church- tower. Panel, 24 inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Leyden, August 26, 1788, No. in (in florins, A. Delfos). 112* zndf. Two Beggars. In one picture the beggar carries a keg under his arm. In the other the beggar carries a basket of matches on his back. Panel, 8 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 18, 1849, No. 141. ii2. Deformed and Lame Beggars. They receive alms at a window. In the Haseloff collection, Berlin, 1856 (Parthey, ii. 210). 113. A CpACH UPSET. Twelve figures and a horse. Of the ordinary large size. In the collection of the late G. von Rath, Budapest, 1895 ; but not men- tioned in the 1906 catalogue. 1 14. A VILLAGE SCENE. Sm. 3. On a bank to the left stands a picturesque house with a large tree at its right-hand corner. In the left foreground a man on a white horse, seen from the back, rides up the road. Behind him, to the left, is a boy with two greyhounds. In the right foreground are two pigs. Behind them is a low hut, outside of which a man stands conversing with a milkmaid carrying two pails on a yoke. Behind the hut is a leafless tree. In the middle distance, in the shadow of the large tree, is a group of peasants with a cow. Beyond are more trees and a church-tower. " This is unquestionably the chef- d'ceuvre of the artist ; the colouring is singularly rich and beautiful, and
