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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 269 overgrown with creepers, is a woman with a child in her arms and another child at her side, near a stall kept by a woman. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 13^ inches by 16 inches. Engraved by Danckerts. In the collection of Robert Ferguson, M.P., of Raith, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. H. A. J. Munro-Ferguson of Novar, London, June I, 1878. In the Crews collection, London. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of loo Paintings," 1896, No. 52. In the collection of John W. Gates, Chicago, now in New York. 49. A Riding-School (or, Breaking-in Horses). Sm. Suppl. 189. One man rides a restive grey horse; another rides a dark-brown horse, near the other's head. Two persons stand looking on. Nearer the front a groom in a yellow jacket holds a brown horse, and a boy plays with a dog. Close to the side are some persons on a wall. Panel, 14 inches by 15^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1872, No. 200. A picture of a group of riders, of similar dimensions, was No. 189 in this exhibition ; it cannot be identical with the other picture (618) of the Buccleuch collection, which represents a stag-hunt. In the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Palace, near Edin- burgh ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 50. A RIDING-SCHOOL IN THE OPEN. To the right is a ruin with an archway, in the shade of which are two women and children. A man is riding a brown horse round in a circle. Near him is another rider. To the left are people on foot, and a horse. A very good but dark picture. Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, Suppl. 452 ; and in Oud Holland, xi. 227. In the collection of J. M. Stirling of Keir, 1856 (Waagen). In the collection of Archibald Stirling of Keir, Perthshire ; according to the owner, it was at Keir as early as 1820. 51. A RIDING-SCHOOL IN THE OPEN. Sm. 495 and 422. A gentleman, seen from the back, exercises a horse in a park. To the right is a coach with six dappled-grey horses ; a lady looks out of the coach. To the left a man in grey leans on a stick ; behind him, a page holds his brown horse. From the left middle distance come a horseman and a beggar-boy. A fine picture, the full effect of which was only seen after it had been restored. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; canvas, 26^ inches by 31 inches. Engraved by Desaulx in the Musee Franfais ; by A. L. Zeelander in the Steengracht collection, No. 20 ; and the left half in reverse by J. Visscher. In the collection of Govert van Slingeland, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 405). In the collection of King William V. (Terw. 719). In the Louvre, Paris, 1795-1815. In the Royal Picture Gallery, The Hague, since 1815; 1907 catalogue, No. 217.