53 2 ISACK VAN OSTADE SECT. 282^. A River Scene in Winter. In front, on a bank, is a rustic inn amid leafless trees. On the ice near it are sledges, skaters, and other figures. In the left distance are cottages and windmills. Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1661 (a false date, because I. van Ostade died in 1649) ; 29^ inches by 40 inches. Sale. Heymel, Berlin, November 5, 1889, No. 156. 283. A River Scene in Winter. On a hill in front are trees. Peasants put on their skates. Farther away are skaters and sledges. To the right is a town half-veiled in mist. In the distance are a bridge, a mill, and a church-tower. Signed in full ; panel, 9^ inches by 15 inches. Sale. G. Rothan, Paris, May 29, 1890, No. 83 (1700 francs). 283*. A Winter Scene with Two Windmills. To the right is a snowy landscape, with a windmill in the centre and another beyond it to the right. To the left is a frozen canal, with many figures. On the extreme left is a tent. Signed with a monogram on the tent ; panel, 9 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Krupp, junior, and others, Cologne, October 29, 1894, No. 135. 283^. A River Scene in Winter. In the centre foreground sits a man, putting on his skates. Near him stands another man, with his back to the spectator ; behind, to the right, are three boys. In the left fore- ground are two tree-trunks ; near them to the right a man drives a horse and sledge towards the left. In the left middle distance are a church and houses, with cottages to the right and a stretch of ice covered with figures between them. In the extreme right distance is a windmill. Signed in full ; panel, 17 inches by 21 inches. In the collection of Dr. Tresling, Laren. Sale. Frankfort-on-Main, March 9, 1897, No. 49. 284. A RIVER SCENE IN WINTER. In the right fore- ground, behind a wooden fence, are thatched cottages and leafless trees. To the left is the ice with many figures and a sledge in front. In the distance is a town with many towers and a windmill. In a delicate yellowish-brown tone. Panel, 15^ inches by 24 inches. In the Leonart collection, Cologne. In the Winter collection. Sale. C. Geuljans, Amsterdam, April 24, 1906, No. 51 (1260 florins). 2840. A Winter Scene. In the distance is an inn. A man drives a horse and sledge towards it. In front children push a sledge. Signed on the right with the monogram; canvas, 32 inches by 17^ inches. Sale. Alphonse Wattel-Bayart, Roubaix, December 17, 1906, No. 127. 285. A River Scene in Winter. On the right is a broad stretch of ice with many people skating or sledging. In the right foreground a woman sits in a hand-sledge, conversing with three men who stand round
