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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ISAAC VAN OSTADE.

12. Travellers baiting at a Country Inn. The scene
exhibits on the right, a cottage of picturesque appearance,
situate among trees; under a pent, at its side, are two men
and a woman, and near this building stands a one-horse cart,
which appears to have just arrived, with a woman in it, and
the ostler is putting provender into the trough for the beast.
Within the circle of this group, are, a boy, standing with his
back to the spectator, and a girl lying on the ground. The
picture may be farther identified by a peasant driving four
hogs along the foreground. The surrounding country is
broken and hilly.
3 st. 5-§- by 4 st. 101.—C.
In the Collection of Baron Nagel Van Ampden, Hague.

13. A halt of Travellers at an Inn. Among the number
and variety of persons here congregated to refresh, is a group
in the centre, consisting of a gentleman on a black horse,
and another on a chesnut horse, near a trough, at which a
white horse is feeding ; at the same time, the ostler is about
to give them some water from a pail. A lady and gentleman
are also in the group; and near the door of the inn is a
tilted cart; several horses, and the village church, are seen
in succession.
2 st. 81 by 3# 11—C.
In the Collection ofM. Vanden Schriek, Louvain.

14. View on a Canal in Winter, where multitudes of
people are seen enjoying the pastimes peculiar to the season.
In the centre and near the front, is a man seated in a sledge,
drawn by a bay horse, which is ascending a bank towards
some houses. Near the former, is a boy pushing along a little
sledge, with a child in it; some distance from these is a
group of persons, near a tent on the ice; also a white horse,