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j68 AELBERT CUYP SECT. 553. A BOY HOLDING A GREY HORSE. The grey horse stands in profile to the left, held by a little boy in a dark costume with black slouch hat and white stockings. To the right is a big brown-and- white dog, seated, facing right ; behind the horse is the rider, with his back to the spectator. A hilly landscape background. The picture corresponds to (542) ; the horizon of the landscape and the figure on the right alone vary. Both pictures are genuine. Panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. In the Wallace Collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 250. 554. A DAPPLED-GREY HORSE. In profile to the left. Signed with the monogram. In the collection of T. Humphry Ward, London. 555. A GREY HORSE AND CAVALIER IN FRONT OF A COUNTRY HOUSE. On the right, in front of a country house with a tree, stands a dappled saddle-horse in profile to the left. The rider stands beside the horse, adjusting the bridle. He wears a plumed hat, a broad red sash over a buff" coat that fells to the knees, a sword, and long wide boots with big spurs. At the back are some tents, the foremost of which is round. Two banners are suspended from long poles over this tent. Near it is a horseman ; farther away are men on foot. In the distance are a red house and trees. In the middle distance is a church. Cloudy sky. Signed in the right-hand upper corner on the house wall, A. C. ; panel, 12 inches by 15 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1818 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1890, No. 114. Sale. Lapeyriere, Paris, April 14, 1817 (794 francs, Duke of Wellington). In the collection of the Duke of Wellington, Apsley House, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 42. 556. A Dappled Horse, with a Dog. Panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1871, No. 23. In the collection of the Duke of Westminster, London, 1888 catalogue, No. 124. 557- LANDSCAPE WITH HORSES AND COWS. In the left foreground are two horses ; one, a grey, faces left j the other, a brown, behind it, faces right. Behind them is a tree. On the right is a plain intersected by a river. In the centre is a group of cows, two lying down and one standing up. In the foreground to the right are dark bushes. Warm sky. An early work in straw-yellow and brown tones. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner j panel, 20 inches by 26^ inches. In the collection of Max Oppenheim, Mainz. In the Mainz Museum, Max Oppenheim bequest, 1907. 558- A SADDLE-HORSE AND ITS RIDER IN FRONT OF A COTTAGE. Sm. 267. An officer, in brown riding-clothes