xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 527 persons on foot. To the left, near a sutler's tent, are skaters and laden sledges. Canvas, 32 inches by 39 inches. Sale. Daniel Marsbag and others, Amsterdam, October 30, 1775, No. 86. 262ca. A Winter Scene. In front a laden sledge goes up a hill. On the bank of a frozen river is a village, with persons on foot and sledges. Panel, 13^ inches by 18 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, September 24, 1777, No. 108 (202 florins, Fouquet). 262^. A River Scene in Winter. On a great sheet of ice, crossed by a bridge, walks a man with a boy and a dog. On the ice in front is a boy with a little sledge. Near him a man drags a sledge laden with a cask. Under the bridge skaters are seen in the distance. [Possibly identical with 2640.] Panel, 14! inches by 13! inches. Sale. Jan Maul and others, Leyden, September 28, 1782, No. 71 (31 florins, Hybroek). 263. A Frozen Canal, near a Village. Sm. 19. In the left foreground are a man with a hatchet, a child with a stick, and a woman with a basket. In the middle distance are a woman and child in a sledge drawn by a grey horse. In front of it a boy pushes a little sledge. Numerous skaters and other figures. Canvas, 44 inches by 42 inches. Sale. Madame de Bandeville, Paris, December 3, 1787 (7602 francs), with a Berchem. 264. View on a Canal in Winter. Sm. 25. Several persons, with laden sledges drawn by horses, are on the left, near houses. Two persons with a dog are on the right. Beyond is a windmill. Many skaters are on the canal. Panel, 18 inches by 24 inches. Sale. Madame Lenglier, Paris, March 10, 1788. 2640. A River Scene in Winter. A peasant on skates is with a sledge. At one side sits another man, fastening his skates. In front is a boy with a little sledge. At the side are a cottage and a wooden bridge. Under the bridge figures are seen on the ice in the distance. [Possibly identical with 262^.] Panel, 14! inches by I2j inches. Sale. P. Yver and others, Amsterdam, March 31, 1788 (26 florins, Bijen). 2646. A River Scene in Winter. A frozen river under the walls of an old town. On it are many skaters with passenger and freight sledges. Cottages. Natural and loosely painted. Panel, 25 inches by 38 inches. Sales. P. Lyonet, Amsterdam, April n, 1791, No. 199 (19 florins 10, Van der Sluys). A. Stevens and others, Amsterdam, December 7, 1795, No. 10 (7 florins 10, Pruyssenaar).
