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x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 255 Comte de Vaudreuil, Paris, November 24, 1784, No. 36 (6601 francs, Paillet for King Louis XVI.). In the collection of Louis XVI., King of France. In the Louvre, Paris ; 1902 catalogue, No. 2496 ; it was valued by the experts in 1816 (at 15,000 francs). 384. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL. On the left, beside a large window which gives a picturesque illumination to the large room, the schoolmaster sits with his back to the spectator, cutting a pen at his desk. He wears a tall cap. The children sit farther back, on the floor or on low benches and stools. The light from the window falls on them. The picture is very closely related to the "Peasant and Woman with a Child in a Large Rustic Interior" (468), also in the Louvre, and formerly with 383 in the Vaudreuil collection, which is dated 1642 ; it was formerly attributed at the Louvre to Isack van Ostade, but is by Adriaen. Signed in full, and dated but the last two figures of the date are illegible j panel, 8 inches by 8 inches. In the La Caze collection, Paris. In the Louvre, Paris, La Caze bequest, 1902 catalogue, No. 2507. 385. The School. On the right of a spacious room, the window of which is not shown, the schoolmaster, in lost profile to the left, sits in an arm-chair at a desk, round which three pupils stand to say their lessons. Nearer the front, in the centre, a group of pupils sit on low benches doing their lessons. Others are behind them, half in shadow. In the right foreground a little boy, in lost profile to the left, sits on a stool, reading a large book which he holds with both hands. By the right wall stands a cupboard, above which is fixed a notice. The group in the centre fore- ground is most strongly illumined. 12 inches by 19 inches. In the collection of A. Strasser, Vienna. 386. The Village School. With eight figures. An early work. Panel, 7^ inches by 9^ inches. In the collection of R. Dientl, Vienna. In the collection of Dr. M. Strauss, Vienna, since 1871. 386*. A Village School. Sale. Amsterdam, May 28, 1706, No. 5. 386^. A Village School. S a k, Isaak van den Blooken, Amsterdam, May 1 1, 1707 (Hoet, i. 101), No. 49 (91 florins). 386^. A School. Sale. Gerard van Sypes, Utrecht, April II, 1714 (Hoet, i. 172), No. n (160 florins). 386^. A Village School. [Pendant to 673.] Dated 1640 ; 12^ inches by i6| inches. Sale. Jan van Loon, Delft, July 18, 1736 (Hoet, ii. 391), No. 31 (38 florins, with pendant).