xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 525 Signed in full on a sledge at the extreme right edge ; oval panel, 16 inches by 21^ inches. In the Zweibrucken Gallery. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 677. 258. A FROZEN CANAL, IN HOLLAND. Sm. 66. On a frozen canal two boys in the left foreground push a sledge containing two other boys towards the right background. In the right centre a man and woman skate towards the left foreground ; behind them are a boy and a dog. In the right foreground stands a boy with his back to the spectator ; another boy kneels beside him, fastening his own left skate. On a dyke in the left middle distance is a cottage, with a tall leafless tree to the right. A sledge laden with casks is drawn up the dyke by a grey horse ; the driver walks at the side, whipping up the horse. The canal stretches away into the right distance. Signed in full on a boat to the right ; canvas, 40 inches by 60 inches. Engraved by Filhol and Landon in the Musee. In the collection of Louis XVI., King of France. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2510; it was valued by the experts in 1816 (at j8oo). 259. A FROZEN CANAL, IN HOLLAND. On the left the frozen canal stretches away into the distance. On the right is the steep bank ; a road leads up it from the centre foreground, bending to the left at the right-hand edge of the picture. On the right a woman goes up the road, with a boy to her left. In the centre stands a man facing the spectator and looking at another man who kneels to the right, fasten- ing a skate. On the left a sledge laden with a cask is pulled by one boy and pushed by another towards the left. On the dyke beyond, a four- wheeled waggon drawn by a grey horse and a bay comes down the road to the right. On the box sits the driver with whip raised. Beyond are cottages. In the left middle distance is a church. Signed in full on the sledge ; canvas, 44 inches by 61 inches. Acquired by Louis XVIII., King of France, in 1817, from Quatresols de la Hante with other pictures (for 100,000 francs). In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2511. 260. A Landscape in Winter. In the left foreground is a sledge with a horse, and the driver behind. In the right foreground are two tall trees and the stump of a willow ; to the right of these is a cottage, and to the left are two girls, one seated with her back to the spectator and the other standing in full face. In the centre foreground are two dogs ; beyond them a man, seen almost from the back, converses with a woman, with a little boy near her. Beyond to the left is a windmill. In the centre is a view of a snowy plain with many figures. Of moderate quality, this picture may not be an original. Signed in full on the right, and dated 1644 ; panel, 20 inches by i6| inches. Sales. Van Parijs, Brussels, October 6, 1853, No. 61 (1750 francs). Pierard of Valenciennes, March 20, 1860 (1750 francs).
