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372 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 407^. Peasants resting. On a hill near a tree stands a white-and- brown spotted horse. Near it some peasants are resting, with their dog and bundles. Farther away are a paclc-ass, and other figures and animals. [Pendant to 40 7*:.] Panel, 12^ inches by 14 inches. Sale. J. van Bergen van der Grijp and others, Soeterwoude, June 25, 1784, No. 54 (90 florins, with pendant, Van Aken). 407*:. Peasants resting. In the centre stands a bay horse, eating oats out of a sack which a man has put on the ground in front of it. Another man sits on a grey horse near a tent and some trees, beside which are other men, with a woman and children. On the road are two travellers. [Pendant to 407^.] Panel, ii inches by 14 inches. Sale. J. van Bergen van der Grijp and others, Soeterwoude, June 25, 1784, No. 54 (90 florins, with pendant, Van Aken). 408. Peasants resting. Sm. 197. A landscape with buildings on a hill. Two horses, unharnessed from a cart, are in the foreground. There are three figures ; a woman sits holding a child in her arms. " An exquisite little landscape" (Sm.). Panel, 5 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Lollier, Paris, April 6, 1789 (2200 francs, with a picture of the same size by A. van der Velde). 409. Peasants going to Market Sm. 272. In the foreground a group of persons with horses are starting on their journey. There are other figures. [Compare 410.] Sale. Willett Willett, London, 1813 (178 : los.) 409*7. A Pack-Ass and Figures. A waggon comes down a hill. Panel, 17 inches by 16 inches. Sale. I. Schmidt and Hagedorn, Amsterdam, April 24, 1820, No. 159 (200 francs, De Vries, bought in). 409^. An Old Horse, a Man, and a Woman. With other accessories in a landscape. Panel, 12^ inches by 9 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, June 9, 1828, No. 38. 410. Peasants starting for Market. Sm. 375. To the right is a large pile of buildings like a ruined castle, on the top of which are trees and bushes and a thatched cottage reached by a ladder. At the foot are a horseman and persons loading a market cart in which are a boy and two women ; one woman has a basket on her head and the other takes a basket from a man at the side. In the centre foreground is another horse- man, seen from the back. To the left, where there is a view of open country, a woman draws water at a well. " The artist appears to have intended to represent the dawn of morning, as a general sombre tone pervades the picture" (Sm.). [Compare 409.]