Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Band 9): Supplement (London: Smith and Son, 1842)

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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE WORKS OF
ISAAC VAN OSTADE.

1. Travellers halting at an Inn. The subject exhibits a
busy scene; and among the several persons may be noticed
a gentleman, who appears to have just alighted from a white
horse which is feeding at a trough, and is taking a glass of
liquor, which the host, who stands before him with a jug in
his hand, has brought him. A peasant filling his pipe, and
a young woman with a child in her arms, are near the house.
In front of a cottage, on some rising ground, are an old
woman spinning, and a boy and a man near her.
1st. 10 in. by 3st.—P.
Sold in the Collection of M. Servad, Amsterdam, 1778, for
2100/. (180Z.)

2. A View on a Canal in Winter. The picture is com-
posed on the right of several cottages, a church, and a few
leafless trees. A man on horseback, and two children, are
passing a bridge formed of a single arch ; beyond these are a
post waggon and a number of villagers. In the centre of the