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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 357 An engraving by Chedel called " Chemin dans 1'Eau " corresponds to the description of this picture, formerly called " Les Sablons de la Westphalie." Sale. London, 1813 (^570). 356. The Ford. In the foreground of a landscape are three horses. A man holding his hat sits on one of them. Another horseman comes down a bank to a river, in which stand some sheep. On the farther bank is a high hill with a castle on it. [Compare 465.] Panel, 14 inches by 18 inches. Sales. L. Th. de Vogel, Amsterdam, October 20, 1794, No. 4. P. J. Hogguer, Amsterdam, August 18, 1817, No. 106 (1600 florins, Coders). 357. Landscape. Sm. 462. With a stream through which a cavalier and a lady are passing. Sale. John Webb, London, 1821 (105). 358. Travellers; a Woman wading through a Stream. Sm. 96. Over a hill to the left leads a broad rough road, on which are a cart with a woman and child in it drawn by a horse. Beside the cart are two men on foot. Behind it are a horseman and another man on foot. These are all descending the hill. Farther right a mounted cavalier rides up the hill, on the top of which, in the centre, are a cottage and a clump of trees. On the right is a stream, through which pass a woman with a child on her back and a man on a grey pack-horse. A boy gathers rushes. There are three or four dogs. "A broad and masterly painted picture full of effect "(Sm.). Canvas, 20 inches by 24 inches. In the collection of Jeremiah Harman. Sale. T. Emmerson, London, 1829 (^305 : IDS.). 359. Travellers passing a Ford. Sm. 386. A broad river fills most of the picture. Its banks, to the left, are shaded with trees. On the right a horseman and a man leading a horse are crossing a ford, followed by a woman with a child, in mid-stream, and two dogs. On the farther bank to the left a man with a pack on his back is about to enter the water ; he is closely followed by another man. " This little picture is remarkable for its clearness and the singular effect of the reflection of the clouds on the water " (Sm.). ii inches by 13 inches. Engraved by Basan ; and by Pelletier when in the Giraudin collection. In the Giraudin collection, Paris. In the collection of M. d'Arrois, Strassburg, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 210). 360. Landscape with a Ford. Figures on a ruinous bridge. A horseman in red passes a ford. [A duplicate of, or identical with, 1043.] Engraved. Sale. Farrer, London, 1858 (158 : us., Nieuwenhuys). 361. Landscape with Horsemen and Peasants passing a Ford. Two anglers. Sale. London, 1859 (115 : IOS -> Farrer).