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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 299 Sale. Willem Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 335), No. 329 (1205 florins, Captain Baillie for Sir James Lowther). In the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, No. 88 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.) 137. Two Horsemen at the Village Smithy. One man has dismounted from his grey horse, whose hind-hoof is being shod. Two men hold the leg, while a third looks at the horse's mouth. The smith works at the anvil ; a boy kneels by it, holding the iron. Near it stands a woman with a child. On the other side three children play with stilts j one has tumbled down. According to the De Wit catalogue, they are playing with a little go-cart. [Possibly identical with 136.] 14 inches by 16 inches or 12 inches by i6 inches (Sm.). Engraved by Beaumont, No. 10, as "Retard de Chasse." Then in the collection of the Marquis Vastan. Sale. Jacomo de Wit, Antwerp, May 15, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 40), No. 113 (406 florins). In the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at ^262 : ios.). 138. A FARRIER SHOEING A HORSE. Sm. Suppl. 264. A winter landscape. In front of a thatched cottage, a farrier is shoeing the hind-hoof of a bright bay horse, held by a boy. The rider, in dark blue, stands near, shivering with cold. A cloaked rider on a brown horse comes from beyond a bank. On the horizon is a church tower. This is a good picture, without the usual grey horse ; it is clear and transparent, and dates from the master's early period. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner with the early monogram ; panel, 16 inches by i6 inches. In the collection of Baron Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. A. W. C. Baron Nagell van Ampsen, The Hague, September 5, 1851, No. 73 (2080 florins, Roos). In the Pescatore collection, Paris. In the Pescatore Museum, Luxemburg; J. P. Pescatore bequest; 1872 catalogue, No. 71. 139. THE FARRIER'S SHOP. Sm. 287 and Suppl. 107. To the left, in front of the farrier's shop, a grey horse is fixed in a shoeing stall. Behind it a man bends over his tool-box. To the right is another horse, seen almost from the back. Near it is a grey horse in profile to the left ; one man holds up its head, while another examines its mouth ; a third man in a blue jacket and red cap looks on. In the right foreground two boys are drawing a third on a sledge, at which a dog is barking. In the left foreground are pools. From the right middle distance comes a loaded waggon with two horses. On the road near it a woman leads a child by the hand. Signed ; i inches by 31^ inches. Sale. R. Norman, London, 1818 (94 : ios.). In the collection of Frederic Perkins, London, 1842 (Sm.). In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1894, No. 53. In the collection of Albert Lehmann, Paris.