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vn AELBERT CUYP 167 Sale. Lord Rendlesham, London, June 20, 1806 (525). In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, No. 1 68 ; it was in the Royal collection, 1834 (Sm.). 550. THE TROOPER BESIDE HIS HORSE (or, The Cavalier and a Grey Horse). Sm. 241. In the foreground a grey charger, with a black saddle and pistols on it, stands in profile to the left. A trooper, in profile to the right, stands beside it, decorating the bridle with a blue ribbon. He has long hair, and wears a large grey hat, a cuirass over a buff jerkin, a red sash, and riding-boots. A brown dog lies at his feet. Beyond, in the middle distance, is a camp, with tents and horsemen. To the right a horseman in shadow rides along a road leading in zigzags down a mountain. To the left is an open landscape. An excellent picture ; clear morning light. Signed, A. cuyp ; canvas, 46 inches by 58^ inches. Mentioned by Jameson, Private Galleries, 18 ; by Waagen (ii. 19) ; and by W. Btlrger, Tresors d' Art en Angleterre, 267. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826, 1827, and 1835 at Manchester, 1857, No. 764; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1882, No. 134. In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, No. 106 ; it was in the Royal collection, 1834 (Sm.). 550*. A BROWN HORSE AT A FEEDING-TROUGH. [Possibly identical with 574.] In the possession of Sir G. Donaldson, London. 551. TWO HORSES. A brown horse, saddled, stands in profile to the left. On the right is a grey horse, facing the spectator ; a groom in a red cap and dark clothes is tightening the girths. Beyond are trees and a wall. To the left are bushes and open country, with a castle tower. Bluish-grey sky. The Dulwich catalogue describes it as an early work, but this is uncertain. Panel, II inches by 15^ inches. Engraved by R. Cockburn. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 71 (old No. 156). 552. HORSES TIED TO A TREE. Sm. Suppl. 37. A grey horse and a bay horse behind it stand saddled, in profile to the left. Their reins are tied to a tree on the extreme left. On the right, and farther back, a man in purplish-grey on a light-bay horse, in profile to the right, almost faces the spectator. They are on the sandy foreground of a flat landscape with a river. A signed drawing of this group is in the Albertina, Vienna ; the group recurs in another picture. Panel, 17^ inches by 21 inches. In the Van der Schrieck collection, Louvain, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 13 (6100 francs, Sir Richard Wallace). In the collection of Sir Richard Wallace. In the Wallace Collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 232.