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!6 2 AELBERT CUYP SECT. 532. Two Horsemen at an Inn. In front of an inn-door two horsemen have halted. One has dismounted and rests while he smokes his pipe. The other is speaking to the village blacksmith. A groom gives the first man's horse some oats. A dog lies near the other horse. There are several other figures ; behind the inn are a ruin and a wooden fence. Panel, 19 inches by 24 inches. S<7&. Comte R. de Cornelissen, Brussels, May 11, 1857, No. 14. 532*. Two Horsemen at an Inn. One has dismounted. Near him is a man with two dogs. [Pendant to 532^.] Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 235). In the collection of the Earl of Harrington, Harrington House, London, 1857. 532^. Horsemen at an Inn. [Pendant to 5320.] Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 236). In the collection of the Earl of Harrington, Harrington House, London, 1857. 533. Three Horsemen at an Inn. Sm. Suppl. 53. One is drinking. At the door stands the hostess with a jug. In the background are other figures and horses, a river and a church. Canvas, 22^ inches by 31^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 208). In the Boursault collection, bought by Arteria (Sm.). In the collection of Edmund Higginson, 1842 (Sm.), which was sold, London, June 4, 1846. Sale. Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, July 26, 1859, No. 31 (94 : IDS., W. Gibbs). 534. THREE HORSES BEING WATERED (or, Two Horsemen halting in front of a House). Sm. Suppl. 38. In front of a house that fills the right side of the picture two horsemen have halted. One, in red, sits on a black horse ; the other stands behind a grey horse, which a groom is watering. Near the groom is a dark-brown horse. To the left are two greyhounds. In the distance is a hilly land- scape with a few trees ; a ruin is partly hidden by thick bushes. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner, A. C. } panel, 20^ inches by 26 inches (within the frame). Sales. L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, August 7, 1811, No. 9 (1575 florins, De Vries). L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, April 8, 1816, No. 13 (810 florins, De Vries). In the collection of D. van der Schrieck, Louvain, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 12 (1700 francs) said to measure 22 inches by 26^ inches. In the collection of A. de Ridder, Cronberg, near Frankfort-on-Main, since 1902. 534*. Two Riders watering their Horses. At the door of an old building. In the Bartels collection, Berlin, 1863 (Parthey, i. 721).