Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 2, 1909.djvu/320

PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 155. A Farrier's Shop. Sm. 68. Eleven figures and six horses. To the right is an old vaulted building at which two cavaliers with a groom have halted, to have one of their horses shod. A man holds the horse while the farrier shoes it. Canvas, 19 inches by 23 inches. In the collection of Noel Desenfans, London, 1802 (priced at 136 : ios.). 155*7. A Farrier's Shop. A horse is being shod. Four figures, a horseman and a crouching dog. Sale. Amsterdam, May 24, 1815, No. 7 (18 florins 10, Hulswit). . A Farrier. By Wouwermann, or in his manner. Sale. J. Z. S. Prey, Rotterdam, October 7, 1816, No. 60. 155^. A Village Farrier's Shop. A horse is being shod in front of the shop ; various horsemen and a trumpeter. Canvas, 15^ inches by 18 inches. Sale. G. Schimmelpenninck, Amsterdam, July 12, 1819, No. 135 (37 florins, Lamme). A Farrier's Shop. In front of a farrier's shop two men are busy with a horse in a frame. A grey horse is being shod in the centre. A well-dressed man stands near a brown horse, beside which is another horse. Beyond are sportsmen and an old bridge. Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Sale. S. J. Stinstra and others, Amsterdam, May 22, 1822, No. 197. 156. A Farrier's Shop. Sm. 156. In front a peasant is having a white horse shod, while a child looks on. In the shop a man works at the forge. In the foreground is a little pool of water ; in the distance are houses and a church spire. Panel, 17 inches by 14 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite", ii. 103. Sales. Abbe de Gevigny, Paris, December I, 1779 (86 1 francs). Dubois, Paris, March 31, 1784 (884 francs). Robert de St. Victor, Paris, November 26, 1822 (2610 francs). 157. A Farrier's Shop. In front a saddled horse is being shod. One soldier stands near ; another sits on his horse. Beyond is a horse in a frame. At the back are a loaded waggon with two horses and a mounted trooper. Canvas, 14 inches by 16 inches. Sale. J. Roelofs, Amsterdam, May 8, 1824, No. 164 (320 florins, Westenburg). 157*2. A Farrier's Shop. In front, a grey horse is being shod. Near it are a trumpeter and other soldiers. A fine background. Canvas, 15^ inches by 17 inches. Sale. J. R. van Breuklerwaert, Amsterdam, May 10, 1824, No. 17.