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254 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. 380. The Village School. A rustic interior with a schoolmaster and pupils, some of whom are at their lessons, while others are playing. It is in bad condition, so that its authenticity, although possible, cannot be determined. Panel, 7! inches by 8| inches. In the collection of Archibald M'Lellan, Glasgow ; bought for the city in May 1856. In the Glasgow Art Gallery, 1908 catalogue, No. 701. 381. THE SCHOOLMASTER WITH TWO PUPILS. Sm. 240. Three-quarter-length. The schoolmaster, wearing black with a grey hat, sits on the right in an arm-chair at a table. He has a pen in his right hand. A boy, with his back to the spectator, stands to say his lesson. Another boy, also on the left, but facing the spectator, stands holding a book. At the back is a wall with an open window. An "excellent little picture" (Sm.). Signed in full above the window, and dated 1653 ; panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, iii. 478. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1893, No. 103. In the collection of the Marquess of Bute, London ; Richter's 1884 catalogue, No. 124 ; it was there in 1829 (Sm., who valued it at .126). 382. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL. An early work. Signed in full in the centre at foot, and dated 1634; circular panel, 8 inches across. In the Mainz Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 176. 383. THE SCHOOLMASTER. Sm. 20. On the left, a little girl sits on the lowest step of a staircase, looking at a boy who bends down to the floor ; another boy sits reading behind her to the right. The schoolmaster sits in a chair farther back to the left behind a table ; he is seen in a three-quarter view to the left. He holds a stick in his right hand, and seems to scold a boy who stands crying before him. On the left, behind this boy, are two other children ; to the right of him, on the floor in front of the master's table, is a little child. At the back are numerous other boys and girls on both sides of a table. One of them looks out of a window on the right. In the left foreground is a child with a large hat, seen from the back. At the top of the staircase on the right, a boy with a basket pulled down over his face comes out of a door. A fine picture with attractive light and shade. Signed in full on the edge of the table, and dated 1662 ; panel (or copper), 1 6 inches by 13 inches. Engraved by Bovinet in the Musee Franfais. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 138, 355 ; ii. 28, 98. Sales. Julienne, Paris, March 30, 1767, No. 154 (6425 francs, Remy). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 70 (6600 francs, Basan). Th. de Pange, Paris, March 5, 1781, No. 19 (6000 francs, Lebrun).