OSTADE (Adriaen van)
(16io-i685)
26. — Villagers merry-making
Described in Smith’s Catalogue (Supplement, p. 95, n ° Sal as follows : « A company of about nineteen persons assembled in a large room, many of whom have their attention riveted on a couple who are dancing to the music of a fiddle, played by an old fellow mounted on a stool. Behind the dancing female is a merry boor, endeavourin to embrace a woman. More towards the front sits a man, wearin a red jacket and a black cap; on the opposite side are a woman in a blue dress with a child by her side, and a man standing near, leaning on a settle. Beyond these is a group, composed of two men and a woman; and in this part may be noticed a boor con- ducting a female down some steps from an adjoining room. »
Signed : A. Ostade, i 652 . Panel, 16 1/2 in. by 21 3/4 in. Etched by the artist himself. Described in Smith's « Catalogue Raisonne », Supplement, p. 95, n ” 52 . From the Collection of M. Tardieu, Paris, 1841. — — Th. Patureau, Paris, 1867. — — Marquis de Saint-Cloud. Alphonse Oudry, Paris, 1869. —
— Octave Gallice, Epernay.
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