xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 473 1 20. A Coast Scene. In the left background is the sea. High dunes stretch from the sea towards the right foreground. At the foot of the dunes, in the centre of the middle distance, is a high two-wheeled cart with a grey horse ; fishermen and women load the cart with baskets. A woman in profile and a man seen from the back look on. To the right near the horse are other fishermen. In the right foreground is a hut ; in the centre is a dog. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1649 j panel, 26^ inches by 37 inches. Sale. Schneider, Paris, April 6, 1876, No. 27. 121. The Shore at Scheveningen. With a horse and cart, and numerous figures. 25! inches by 35! inches. Sale. Earl of Dudley, London, June 25, 1892, No. 18. 121 a. A Coast Scene with Figures. Sale. Cornells Dusart, Haarlem, August 21, 1708, No. 119. 121 b. A Seashore with many Figures. Sale. Sara van Banchem, widow of Daniel van Alphen, Leyden, November 17, 1750, No. 17 (78 florins). I2if. A Coast Scene. On a flat shore are two huts ; outside them a fisherman saddles a horse. Behind him sits a woman with a child in her arms. Panel, 14^ inches by 17 inches. Sale. Bugge, Copenhagen, August 21, 1837, No. 36. 1 2 1*/. A Coast Scene. Exhibited at Leyden, 1850, No. 121. In the collection of H. Obreen. 122. A PEASANT DRIVING A PIG. He goes to the right. He wears a grey doublet with bright red sleeves, and blue breeches. Behind him to the left is a peasant with a wheelbarrow. Behind this man are a cottage and a big tree. In the right distance is a village with a pig-market. Signed in full, and dated 1644 ; panel, 6| inches by 9^ inches. Compare a similar scene by Adriaen van Ostade (873), formerly in the Lake collection. In the Steengracht collection, The Hague. 123. THE FORD. On a low hill in the centre of the middle distance are two great trees, with the ford in front of them. At the ford are a two-wheeled cart with a grey horse, three horsemen, a pack-ass, and several persons on foot. In the right middle distance are cottages and trees. In the right foreground a woman is seated with a child standing beside her. To the left is a view of a wooded landscape. Panel, 30 inches by 43 inches.
