xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 479 holding a shuttle and conversing with an old man. Many accessories. Loose in style. Circular panel. Sale. Amsterdam, August 23, 1808, No. 123 (3 florins, J. Spaan). 137^. The Weaver. In a room a man sits weaving at a loom, while a woman winds yarn. With accessories. Panel, 6 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 16, 1815, No. 75 (19 florins 10, Gruyter). . A Linen-Weaver. He sits weaving at his loom. Farther away is a woman nursing a child. With accessories. Panel. Sale. L. van Oukerke, Haarlem, May 19, 1818, No. 25 (19 florins, Lamme). 138. A WOMAN SPINNING. She sits in a barn spinning flax from a distaff which she holds between her knees. A man helps her. Two children play at her feet. In the background an old woman sits at a spinning-wheel. Panel, 16 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Jos. Monchen of The Hague and others, Amsterdam, April 30, 1907, No. 141 (500 florins, Goedhart). 139. THE HOUSE OF A DENTIST. With many figures. In the Schloss, Meiningen. 140. A FAIR. With a quack on his platform. Oval. Sale. J. Gillott, London, April 19, 1872, No. 336 (22 : is., Sedelmeyer). In the collection of M. Strauss, Vienna. i^oaa. A Quack Doctor. Sale. Amsterdam, March 25, 1728, No. 67 (u florins 15). 1400. A Quack Doctor. He cries his wares. Peasants and women. Canvas. Sale. P. A. de Genestet, Amsterdam, August 23, 1831, No. 105 (3 florins, Leeflcens). 140*. The Dentist. Panel, 14 inches by i6| inches. In the Belvedere, Vienna, 1855 according to Parthey, ii. 210. 141. BRINGING IN THE HAY. Outside a cottage stands a haywain drawn by a bay horse and a grey. A man unloads the hay. To the right are two children. Behind the cottage is a large clump of trees j to the right is a willow. Signed in full on the right j panel, 14^ inches by 13^ inches. In the Saint Pierre collection. In an unknown Dutch collection, No. 27 according to a mark on the back.
