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2IO AELBERT CUYP SECT. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the collection of Fernand Halphen, Paris. 703. AUTUMN LANDSCAPE WITH A FARM. To the right, on a bank of a little canal crossed by a bridge, is a cottage ; a waggon, a grey horse, and two men conversing are in front of it. To the right of them is a dovecot. To the left, farther back, are trees and bushes. In the distance are windmills ; the canal is seen winding away. In the left foreground, on the pasture, are three men. Two ducks are swimming on the canal ; a stork stands in the reeds. The sun rises behind the cottage. A good picture of the early period. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, A. Cuijp j panel, i6 inches by 29! inches. Sale. De M. and others, Amsterdam, February 23, 1904, No. 8 (2800 florins). In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. 704. LANDSCAPE WITH HILLS AND A RIVER. A fine distance. In the collection of the late Leopold Goldschmidt, Paris. 705. Landscape. Signed j panel, 24 inches by 34^ inches. Exhibited at Brussels, 1882, No. 41. In the collection of Count Bloudoff, St. Petersburg. 706. LANDSCAPE WITH COWS ON A RIVERSIDE PASTURE. An early work, but very warm in tone. The trees are still somewhat unskilfully drawn. There is very little local colour. Signed to the left on a plank, A. Cuyp. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 43). In the collection of Lord Leconfield, Petworth. 707. A FLAT LANDSCAPE WITH COWS AND SHEEP. In the distance is Dordrecht. A dark cloud in the sky. An early work in the style of the large Bridgewater House picture (369). Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; panel, 19 inches by 28^ inches. In the collection of Sir F. Cook, Bart., Richmond, No. 147. 708. LANDSCAPE WITH COWS AND A HORSE IN A THUNDERSTORM. In the deep shadow in the foreground are two cows lying down on the right ; the nearer is yellow, the other brown. To the right of them a powerful bay horse stands with his tail to the spectator. In the middle distance is a house ; near it are three or four other cows, one of which stands up. Beyond is Dordrecht ; the church and another tower rise dark against the grey sky, illumined by a great flash of lightning. To the left of the town are two windmills ; farther right is a third. A very early picture. [Compare 1670 and b.~ Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, A cuijp j panel, 30 inches by 42 inches. In the collection of the Earl of Dysart, Ham House, Richmond, Surrey.