Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 4, 1912.djvu/584

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57 o ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. canal. On the ice are a skater and a man in a red jacket pushing a sledge with a child in it. [Possibly identical with 383*7.] Panel, j| inches by 5 inches. Sales. Ant. Sijdervelt, Amsterdam, April 23, 1766 (Terw. 512), No. 13 (105 florins). Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794 (351 francs). John Trumbull, London, February 1797, No. 12 (10 : IDS.) see Buchanan, i. 260. 377. A Winter Scene. The village of Ouderkerk on the Amstel. Skaters and persons walking on the ice. Panel, 9 inches by 12 inches. Sales. Huybert Ketelaar, Amsterdam, June 19, 1776, No. 248 (150 florins, Wubbels). Nieuhoff, Amsterdam, April 14, 1777, No. 209 (63 florins, Van der Schley). Amsterdam, July 22, 1811, No. 54. 377<z. A Winter Scene. Many figures. Finely drawn. Panel, loj inches by n inches. Sale. B. Ocke, Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 169 (17 florins ic, Kok). 378. A Winter Scene. A view of an expanse of ice near a cottage and a bridge. Skaters and others. In front three men play golf or hockey. A boy is seated. Panel, 10 inches by n inches. Sale. H. Reydon and others, Amsterdam, April 5, 1827, No. 159 (90 florins, Engelberts). 379. A Winter Scene. A gentleman, seen from the back, converses with another who holds a stick. In front a man fastens his skates. Several other figures on the ice. Panel, 9 inches by io| inches. Sale. A. W. C. Baron van Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, September 5, 1851, No. 70 (250 florins, Chapman). 379#. A Winter Scene. Many skaters. In the HaselofF collection, Berlin, 1856 (Parthey, ii. 705). 380. Winter. Sm. 135. A strong wind is blowing. On a road is a peasant with his hands in his breeches pockets. Near him is a woman with a foot-warmer. A boy holds his hat tight. All are struggling against the wind ; so, too, is a woman who goes away from them. The view extends along a frozen canal. Across the ice comes a woman with some firewood. On the other side of the road goes a peasant. Beyond is a cottage with figures and skaters. [Pendant to 170 ("Summer").] The pair "are delightful specimens of art" (Sm.). Panel, 9 inches by 7^ inches. Sales. Amsterdam, May 18, 1706 (Hoet, i. 95), No. 24 (52 florins, with pendant).