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vii AELBERT CUYP 149 grooms in front of a house. It agrees almost exactly with the Louvre picture (490). In the collection of the Duke of Leinster, Carton, Ireland. 486. HORSEMEN AND OTHER FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE. Sm. 275. Three horsemen ride along a road which winds round a wooded hill. The nearest man is on a dun-coloured horse ; a man walks beside him on the right. Blue sky with clouds. Panel, 8| inches by 7^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 279). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1895, No. 87. In the collection of the Earl of Carlisle, Castle Howard, where it was in 1821 (Sm.). 487. HORSEMEN AND OTHER FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE. Sm. 276. A small picture. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 279). In the collection of the Earl of Carlisle, Castle Howard, where it was in 1821 (Sm.). 488. TWO CAVALRY TROOPERS. Sm. 244. One trooper stands beside his dappled-grey horse, talking to a peasant. The other trooper sits waiting on his brown horse. A third man has ridden away. A large dog lies asleep in the foreground. Carefully painted ; warm evening light. " A charming example of art " (Sm.). Panel, 14^ inches by 17^ inches. In the English Royal collection, 1833 (Sm.). In the Royal collection at Buckingham Palace, London, No. 139. 489. THREE HORSEMEN IN A LANDSCAPE. Sm. 204. In the right foreground two horsemen on grey and chestnut horses have halted in front of trees to converse with a man who stands beside them, to the left. The horsemen are seen from the back in a fore- shortened view, with their heads to the right. In the left middle distance is a shepherd with sheep ; beyond is a sunlit tower. [Pendant to 208.] Panel, n inches by 13 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 160). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford, 1833 (Sm.). In the collection of Sir Richard Wallace. In the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 253. 490. STARTING FOR THE RIDE. Sm. 67. In front of an old house, and almost in the centre foreground, a gentleman sits, in profile to the right, on a dappled-grey horse. He wears a red, gold-laced coat, and a black cap with a red plume. He bends slightly to the right and points with his riding-whip to the stirrup, which is held by a groom dressed in green with a curved sword in his bandolier. The groom, seen from the back in a three-quarters left view, bends down, and holds the horse's bridle with his right hand. To the left behind the horseman is another cavalier on a bay horse, almost facing the spectator. He wears a black velvet coat with gold lace and buttons, and a black cap, and rests