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3 o6 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 1 6 1 b. The Farrier's Shop. In front of a farrier's shop, a horse stands in a frame. Near it are two other horses, a peasant and a boy. In front is a girl with two fowls and a dog. Panel, i6 inches by 14^ inches. Sale, Bleuland, Utrecht, May 6, 1839, No. 416. i6ic. The Farrier's Shop. Near a house in the foreground of a hilly landscape, a grey horse is having its fore-foot shod. Behind it, a boy on a brown horse converses with a girl standing beside him. Farther away is a loaded waggon. Panel, i6 inches by 24 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, August 9, 1842, No. 74. 162. A Farrier shoeing an Old Horse. Sm. 168 and Suppl. 60. At the entrance to a rocky grotto, serving as forge and dwelling, a farrier examines the hoofs of an old white horse which is held by a boy. A peasant looks on. Two smiths are forging a horseshoe at the anvil. The farrier's wife sits dozing beside her child's cradle, outside her dwelling. On an uphill road, farther back, is a waggon drawn by four (or, as Sm. says, two) horses ; a man is pushing it from behind. To the left is a view over open country. Panel, 13! inches by I2| inches. Sales. Jan Tak, Soeterwoude, September 5, 1781, No. 8 (1500 florins, Hoefnagel). Van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804 (2400 francs). Chevalier Sebastien Erard, Paris, April 23, 1832, No. 171 (5700 francs). Martini, Paris, March 23, 1844, No. 37. 1620. The Farrier's Shop. A farrier is shoeing a horse in front of a cottage. Near him are a peasant and a boy. Panel, 12 inches by io inches. Sale. A. de Beurs Stiermans and others, Rotterdam, April 23, 1845, No. 145 (87 florins, Woodin). 162^. Travellers halting at a Farrier's Shop. Sale. Sir H. Bruce, London, June 29, 1849 (199 : ios., Low). i62f. The Farrier. Engraved. Sale. Bertrand, Paris, November 13, 1855, No. 187. 163. A Cavalier and a Lady halting at a Farrier's Shop. Sm. 269. A cavalier on a grey horse and a lady halt in front of a farrier's shop, where a grey horse is being shod. There are various other figures, with fowls and two pigs lying down. Behind the shop are ruins, and distant hills. Rather dark. " A beautiful landscape painted in the artist's grey manner " (Sm.). [Possibly identical with 159 ?] Panel. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 236.)