xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 491 the left the sunlight enters at an open door. In the centre of the middle distance sits a boy with his back to the spectator. Beside him to the left sits a girl who speaks to him. Behind her another boy stands bending over her. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1642 ; panel, 1 6 inches by 24 inches. Sale. F. Zschille, Cologne, May 27, 1889, No. 76. 172. A COTTAGE ROOM. In the wall to the right is a window. In the centre is a staircase. In front of it to the left a peasant sits on a wicker chair in a three-quarter view to the right. He is cleaning the hair of a child standing before him. On the left top of the picture lies a dog. At the back are three figures by the fireside. [Pendant to 257.] Signed at the lower edge " van Ostade," and dated 1641 ; oval panel, 16 inches by 2iJ inches. In the Zweibrilcken Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 376. 173. A MOTHER CLEANING HER CHILD'S HAIR. In a barn. To the right is a man with a pail. To the left of the woman is a boy at play. Farther away are a dog and a hen. On the right is a view outside. Signed in full in the left centre ; panel, 14 inches by 13^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1887, No. 98. In the collection of Miss Ethel Mortlock, London. In the collection of John G.Johnson, Philadelphia. 173*7. A Woman cleaning 1 a Man's Hair. In an interior. Panel, n| inches by 15 inches. Sale. B. C. Thienpont, The Hague, March 28, 1778, No. 58. 1 74. A Man seated cleaning a Child's Head. In a cottage interior. To the left is a dog. Farther away are three figures before the fire. Various domestic accessories. Panel, 13! inches by i8| inches. Sale. P. A. J. Knijff, Antwerp, July 18, 1785, No. 140 (98 florins with No. 141 of the sale Beekmans Leutzgen). 174*. A Woman cleaning her Child. At the open door. 1 8 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Leyden, August 26, 1788, No. 112 (21 florins, De Maree). 174^. A Woman combing a Boy's Hair. [Pendant to 21 1.] Circular panel. Sale. M. S , Rotterdam, December 3, 1817, No. 8 (60 florins, with pendant, Lelie). 174^. A Woman cleaning a Man's Head. In an interior. Panel, io inches by n inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. 191 (l florin 10).
