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vii AELBERT CUYP 133 (Possibly) Sir S. Clarke, and G. Hibbert, London, May 14, 1802 (189). In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 96 (old No. 141) ; bequeathed by Sir P. F. Bourgeois, 1811. 435. SHEEP RESTING BY A ROAD NEAR A RIVER, WITH SHEPHERDS. Sm. 72. In the centre are two high trees, to the right of a broad road which leads from the left distance to the fore- ground. Two shepherds sit under the trees, one facing, the other with his back to the spectator. Around them lie thirteen sheep, with a dog. Farther left comes a man riding on a mule with panniers ; he seems to have given directions about the way to a woman in blue, with a straw hat and a stick, who stands behind him, as she points with her right hand into the left distance. On the right is a view across a placid river with wooded banks. On the opposite bank are two peasants fishing. To the right are a cottage among trees and lofty hills. Evening sky. Panel, 44^ inches by 66 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 344). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1903, No. 93. In the collection of Noel Desenfans, London, 1801-2 (priced at .189). In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 124 (old No. 163). 436. A GREY HORSE, SHEEP, A SHEPHERD AND A HORSEMAN. Sm. 130, 189, and Suppl. 28. In the left fore- ground stands a grey horse facing right. In the centre foreground are stones, bushes, and plants ; to the right of these is a brook, beyond which is a group of four sheep lying down. Four more sheep are on a hill to the right of the middle distance. At the foot of this hill lies the shepherd, with his back to the spectator. He converses with a horseman to his right, who is pointing left. In the distance are a river and a church. Canvas, 36^ inches by 39^ inches. Sales. Hart Davis, London, 1814 (178 : ios.). London, 1815 (^173 : 5s.) corresponding in description (Sm.). Sir Claude Scott, Bart., London, 1831 (100, Norton). In the collection of Lord Northwick, 1834 (Sm.). Sales. Lord Northwick, London, May 12, 1838 (288 : 155.) F. Nieuwenhuys, London, July 17, 1886 (435 : 155., Noseda). In the collection of J. P. Heseltine, London. 436*. HORSEMEN AND HERDSMEN WITH CATTLE. In a landscape. In the centre is a peasant with a stick over his shoulder. To the right is a man in red on a grey horse. Farther right are two peasants, a man and a woman, with four cows, two of whom are only partly visible, and four sheep under a tree. Hilly distance. [Very probably identical with 450.] Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, A. Cuijp ; panel, 9^ inches by 12 inches. In the collection of Mrs. Joseph, London ; acquired about the year 1896.