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356 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. Engraved by Moyreau, 1737, as " Le Passage de 1'Eau " ; and by A. Tischler, in the BrQhl collection. In the Hallee collection, Paris, 1737. Sale. Cressent, Paris, January 15, 1749. In the collection of Count Bruhl. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1042 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at .84). 352. A Loaded Waggon crossing a Stream. See Sm. 34. With women and children. [Compare note to 1000.] i8| inches by 26 inches. Sale. Jaques Meyers, Rotterdam, September 9, 1722 (Hoet, i. 276), No. 105 (305 florins). 352/7. Travellers and Horses crossing a Stream. Near them are some women. 15 inches by 20 inches. In the collection of Mile, van Bleiswijk of Delft, who sold it to Van Reuver, 1725 (for 115 florins). In the collection of Van Reuver of Delft, who sold it on April 7, 1734 (for 125 florins). 353. Landscape ; a Man riding through a Stream. A man in a red cloak rides a grey horse through a stream. A cottage stands on a hill. A man stays a child from crossing the stream. Canvas, 2i inches by 25^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite", ii. 53. Sale. Marquis de Menars, Paris, February 1782 (Rubis). 354. The Ford, (or, The Gipsy Woman). Sm. 198. A land- scape with a river winding through it. In the foreground a woman with a child on her back and another at her side is fording the stream. Beyond them are a horseman, a fortune-teller, and three other figures. A fine white horse and various accessories. [Compare 931.] Sales. Lollier, Paris, April 6, 1789 (3302 francs). Wattier, Paris, 1797 (3000 francs). 354/7. Figures, a Horse and Sheep by a River. It intersects a broad hilly landscape. Panel, 9 inches by n inches. Sale. H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 186. 355. A Sandy Landscape with a Ford. Sm. 270. A view over a hilly country with barren sandy soil. To the right is a cottage. To the left is a plain, with a marsh and a river, through a shallow part of which a cart with peasants in it and men on foot are passing. About 23 inches by 29 inches. It is said to have been in P. de Smeth van Alphen's collection, as a pendant to " The Hay Harvest," now at Buckingham Palace (940). But the picture was apparently not in the sale of that collection, 1810.