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j6 4 AELBERT CUYP SECT. If the picture is identical with 531, the sale was that of Denison, in which the pendant (537), similar in theme and in size, was sold for about the same price. 537/>. Halting at the Ale-House. In front of a rustic ale-house, a groom is giving fodder to a grey horse, which stands at a trough. Brown in tone. Panel, 14 inches by 14 inches. Sale.]. C. Develey, Cologne, October 28, 1889, No. 23. 538. HORSEMAN LEAVING A HOUSE. In front of a cottage, a cavalier is mounting his horse, which is held by a page. In the middle distance is another man in red with a dog. This strongly reminds one of an early Wouwerman, but is not a specially good picture. Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner. 17! inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Heymel, Berlin, November 5, 1889, No. 143. 539. TWO TRAVELLERS HALTING AT AN INN. Sm. 270. Two horsemen halt before an inn, only a small corner of which, with an archway, is visible at one side. One man stands behind his dappled-grey horse, which is in profile to the right ; he looks at his companion, who sits facing the spectator on a bright bay horse. In the right foreground is a black-and-white dog. In the distance is a hilly landscape. [Compare 519.] Signed with the monogram ; panel, 1 1 inches by 15 inches. In the collection of Richard Winstanley, 1834 (Sm.).. Sales. R. Winstanley, London, March 15, 1850. Adrian Hope, London, June 30, 1894, No. 23 (556 : los., Davis). 540. HALTING AT THE SPRING. There is a high jet of water. A horseman has dismounted and waters his bay horse, which is in profile to the right. To the right of it are two dogs, one standing, the other lying down. A second cavalier in a red cloak, mounted on a grey horse, rides down a hill to the left in the middle distance. In the background, to the right, is a herdsman with cattle. 14 inches by 30 inches. Sale. Schonlank, Cologne, April 28, 1896, No. 37 (2150 marks). 541. Riders with Horses at an Inn. In the distance are a river and houses. [Compare 508, 524, 541^.] 23 inches by 29 inches. Sale. Lady Page Turner and others, London, February 21, 1903, No. 91. 541*. Riders halting. In the possession of the Paris dealers Arnold and Tripp, 1903. 54i. Riders with Horses at an Inn. [Possibly identical with 508.] [Compare 524 and 541.] 23 inches by 28 1 inches. Sa k- Chr. Bushell and others, London, March 17, 1906, No. 97.