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vm PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 339 Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 12 inches by 14 inches. Engraved by Moyreau (according to Btirger). In the collection of the Due d'Arenberg, Brussels, W. Biirger's 1859 catalogue, No. 70 ; it was there in 1843 (Sm.). 287. A TRAVELLER HALTING AT AN INN ; A GIRL MILKING A GOAT. Sm. 107, and Suppl. 253. Near a house on the left a young country girl is milking a goat. A traveller has dismounted and jests with her. An old man, a woman, and a boy look on with amusement ; the man stands with a child at the house door ; the woman leans on the top of a well, where she has just filled a pail. Near them, a groom gives hay to a horse for which a peasant is waiting. From the right middle distance two men ride forward. A third waters his horse at a stream in which boys are bathing. [Compare 140. Possibly identical with 433.] Canvas, 19^ inches by 24 inches. Sales. Louis Michel van Loo, Paris, November 1772 (2000 francs). Chevalier Sebastien Erard, Paris, April 23, 1832, No. 175 (3005 francs). Sold by Sm. to Baron Charles Rothschild, 1842. In one of the Rothschild collections, London or Paris. 288. A CAVALIER OUT HAWKING, AND A GIRL MILKING A GOAT. A cavalier has dismounted and jests with a girl who is milking a goat at the roadside. His groom holds the horses. Very fine colouring. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 13 inches by 14 inches. Sale. King Maximilian of Bavaria, Munich, December 5, 1826, No. 84 (1666 florins). In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 498. 288*7. A Horseman jesting with a Milkmaid. Near some trees, in the foreground of a fine dune landscape, a horseman jests with a pretty milkmaid. His grey horse and dog stand near. Farther away are a man on horseback and a peasant. Over a stream at the side is a bridge, over which an angler is walking. There are other figures, lying down or walking. By Wouwerman or in his manner. Panel, 16 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, May 7, 1804, No. 188. 2%Saa. A Horseman halting to caress a Girl. In front of a house stands a cavalier caressing a girl. Near him is a saddled horse. Farther away are another horse and a man on foot, a woman with a child, and a boy with hounds. i8 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. L. Bouman and others, Leyden, August 24, 1802, No. 3. 289. A Sportsman jesting with a Milkmaid. Sm. 200. In the foreground a boy holds the bridle of a fine roan charger, with a red