OSTADE, Isaac van, the brother of the preceding, was born at Lübeck in 1617. Although a pupil, and at first an imitator of Adrian, he soon adopted a manner of his own. A frozen canal covered with sledges and skaters, and the yard of a country inn bustling with huntsmen, waggoners, and travellers, were his favourite subjects. He painted these with a knowledge of the principles of art which would probably have gained for him a reputation equal to that of his brother, had not death prematurely closed his career at the age of thirty-seven.