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xi ISACK VAN OSTADE 511 Panel, 24 inches by 26^ inches. Sale. J. Verkolje, Rijnzaterwoude, July 14, 1828, No. 49. 223. A Rustic Merrymaking. Near a tumble-down cottage a merry company of peasants sit at table drinking and love-making. At the back some people dance in front of a musician. In the distance is a village canal, with figures. Panel, 20 inches by 34 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 13, 1829, No. 126 (251 florins, De Lelie). 224. Peasants singing and dancing. In an interior peasants sing to the music of a barrel-organ. In front a man dances. Panel, 12^ inches by 9 inches. Sale. J. B. van Lancker, Antwerp, 1835, No. 80 (140 florins, Van Praet). 225. Children dancing. Outside an inn, to the playing of the bagpipes. Peasants look on. Sale. Paris, March 4, 1845, No. 64 (441 francs). 225^. Peasants singing and carousing. In a cottage room. Panel, 13 inches by 17 inches. In the Weyer collection, Cologne, 1852 (Parthey, ii. 210). 225^. Peasants carousing and dancing. In a cottage. 1 8 inches by 21^ inches. In the Weyer collection, Cologne, 1852 (Parthey, ii. 209). 225^-. A Rustic Merrymaking. In a village are many figures ; some dance. Carefully executed. Strongly reminiscent of Adriaen van Ostade. In the Wynn Ellis collection, London, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 296); but not among the pictures chosen from this collection for the National Gallery. 225^. A Great Merrymaking. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 1025. Then in the collection of F. Perkins, London. 226. Peasants dancing. A Dutch room filled with peasants con- versing merrily. An old couple dance to the music of a fiddle. Signed in full; panel, 14^ inches by 19^ inches. Sale. Ch. Sedelmeyer, Vienna, December 20, 1872, No. 133 (1500 florins). 227. The Charlatan. Men, women, and children stand before the high platform of a charlatan and listen to his talk. Oval panel, 7^ inches by 5^ inches. Sale. Ch. Sedelmeyer, Vienna, December 20, 1872, No. 135. 228. A Merry Company. In a cottage. They drink, smoke, and talk. Signed in full ; 13 inches by 17 inches. Sale. R. Thyssen, Amsterdam, October 26, 1891, No. 51 (600 florins, Preyer).