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166 AELBERT CUYP SECT. 545. A GREY SADDLE-HORSE IN A DEFILE. A red coat hangs over the saddle. Two greyhounds are under the horse. ' Scheibler thinks this picture more in the manner of Stoop. Panel, 17 inches by 13! inches. Mentioned by Parthey (i. 721). In the Suermondt collection, Aachen. Transferred in 1878 from the Berlin Museum (Storeroom catalogue, No. 1316) to DUsseldorf. In the Royal Academy of Art, Dtlsseldorf, 1901 catalogue, No. 208. 546. A SADDLED HORSE IN FRONT OF AN INN. Sm. 131. To the left in front of a house is a light bay horse in profile to the right. It is saddled and bridled. Behind it to the left stands its rider ; he faces the spectator and is in shadow. A young groom on the right holds the horse. A dog lies at his feet on the left ; on the right a little girl, seen in a three-quarter view from the back, looks up at the man. Beyond is a river ; on the farther bank rises the church of Dordrecht. [Compare 504 and 514.] Signed, A. C. ; panel, io inches by 14^ inches. Sales. Thomas Theodor Cremer, Rotterdam, April 1 6, 1816, No. 14 (865 florins, Josi). Jurriaans, Amsterdam, August 28, 1817, No. 8 (500 florins, De Vries). Amsterdam, April 30, 1821, No. 32 (327 florins, Brondgeest). S. J. Stinstra and others, Amsterdam, May 22, 1822, No. 35. In the Steengracht collection, The Hague. 547. STUDY OF A HORSE. A brown-and-white piebald horse stands in the open, relieved in light against a dark-grey sky. To the left, in front of some logs, lie a saddle, a curry-comb, a barrel and tub, and a wooden shoe. Panel, 13 inches by 17 inches. Lent by the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 1683. 548. TWO HORSES IN FRONT OF A HOUSE. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 285). In the collection of the Duke of Bedford, London. 549. A NEGRO HOLDING TWO HORSES. Sm. 112. In the foreground is a dappled-grey horse, in profile to the right ; behind it to the left is a dark-brown horse. A negro boy standing on the left holds both by their reins. Two dogs are on either side of him. To the right, behind the horses, stand their riders conversing. In the background to the right is a range of hills, with building in the Italian style. On the left is a broad placid river, in front of which are two cows. A summer afternoon. A fine picture. Canvas, 56 inches by 89 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 20). Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826 and 1827 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1877, No. 133.