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vii AELBERT CUYP 233 80 1. Poultry in a Landscape. Two cocks and two hens are on a bank in the right foreground. To the left are cows, sheep, and two ducks. In the distance is a river with a town on the farther bank. Cloudy sky. Signed, A. Cuyp ; canvas, 44^ inches by 65^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1880, No. 60. In the collection of Earl Cawdor, London, 1880. 802. POULTRY IN A LANDSCAPE. In the collection of H. Pfungst, London. In the collection of J. Hage, Nivaa. 803. A COCK AND A HEN. The cock faces right; the hen faces left. A dark background. Panel, 23^ inches by 28 inches. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. 804. A COCK, HENS, AND DUCKS IN A LANDSCAPE. On the left a dark cock lies in profile to the right. Nearer, and to the right of it, are two hens. On a little bank to the right are three ducks ; the foremost stands in profile to the left and raises itself from the ground. In the distance is a river with a wooded bank and a town beyond. Warm evening sunlight. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, Cuyp ; panel, 5 inches by 9^ inches. In the private collection of F. Kleinberger, Paris. 805. A COCK AND TWO HENS. The cock, light-brown and white with a black tail, sits facing left. Behind him, farther left, is a black-and-white hen. To the right, seen almost from the back, is another black-and-white hen, also sitting, in a stable. Panel, i8| inches by 28 inches. In the Abraham collection, London. In the possession of the London dealer Sulley. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer. In the collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris. 806. A Cock and a Hen. Both are in profile ; they are close together, looking for corn in the open. In the left middle distance a woman, standing near a hedge, throws corn to some hens. In the distant landscape is a church tower. Signed, Cuyp ; panel, 20 inches by 25^ inches. In the collection of P. von Semeonoff, St. Petersburg, 1906 catalogue, No. 1 20*. 807. A COCK AND A HEN. A cock, in profile to the right, lies on some straw. To the right, but farther back, is a hen, seen in three- quarter view with its head to the left. In the right foreground are a bundle of brushwood and three red stones. A dark-green background.