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I5 8 AELBERT CUYP SECT. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. u. In the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Pans, purchased as a whole, August 1907, by the London dealers Duveen Brothers ; 1907 catalogue, No. 33. 518. HALTING AT THE INN. In front of a little inn, a boy with a white blouse and red breeches stands holding a brown horse by the bridle. On the left, the rider, dismounted, takes a glass of beer from the hostess at the inn-door. In the foreground lies a brown-and-white spotted dog. Signed, A. C ; panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 220). In the collection of Sir Francis Baring (according to the sale catalogue). In the collection of Howard Galton, Hadzor House, near Droitwich. Sale. L. Block, Amsterdam, November 14, 1905, No. n (780 florins). In the possession of the Paris dealer Gaston Neumans, October 1907. 519. A HORSEMAN AND GROOM IN FRONT OF AN INN. The master, on a brown horse, holds a glass of wine. In front of him is the groom, who has dismounted from his grey horse. To the right is the hostess holding a jug. [Compare 539.] Apparently signed with the monogram, A. C., in light- coloured letters ; panel, nj inches by 15 J inches. In the collection of Lord Penrhyn, Penrhyn Castle, No. 214. 520. LEAVING THE INN. Five peasants on horseback are in front of an inn with an arbour, partly visible on the right. A sixth man is about to mount. To the left of him, one rider sits on a dun horse in profile to the left ; a dog is in front of him, and two other dogs are on the extreme right. The peasant farthest left of the horsemen rides forward, where two boys stand still farther left ; the bigger boy holds a stick in his right hand and carries a basket on his left arm. The three other horsemen wait a little way back on the right, and converse with two men on foot. In the middle distance are trees, and beyond them a hilly wooded landscape. The sky is filled with dark clouds. The picture is related to "A Horse- Fair " (40). Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, "C." ; panel, 14^ inches by 17 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 26, 1904, No. 1008. In the Hoschek Gallery, Prague, 1907 catalogue, No. 23. 521. Two Horsemen at an Inn. In the right half of the picture is an inn, with an open doorway to the left, a window above it, and another window opened to the left. At the window is a man, seen at half-length ; he wears a large black felt hat and a red shirt under a grey jacket, and holds up a bottle. In the middle, at the open doorway, is a spotted horse without a saddle ; an elderly man holds it behind him by the bridle. At the corner of the house is a young man on a small black horse ; he looks at the spectator, and wears a big felt hat, a blue jacket,