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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 377 424. HALTING AT THE INN. In the right foreground a peasant family are resting. A man, in profile to the left, raises a mug to drink. To the left and farther back is a woman with a child in her arms. To the left, beside her, a man is tying his shoe. To the right, near the group, are bundles and implements in front of an ass that is lying down ; behind it stands a cow ; both animals are in shadow. A girl standing behind the woman bends down and points with outstretched right hand to the left middle distance, where a lady and two cavaliers are preparing to ride off. The lady and one cavalier are mounted ; the other cavalier adjusts his stirrups. To the right stands the host offering the lady a glass of wine. To the left is a beggar. In the middle distance is the inn, filling the whole right side. The lighting is effective. Signed with the full monogram ; panel, 2O| inches by 27 inches. Acquired in 1744. In the Copenhagen Museum, 1904 catalogue, No. 390. 424*. TRAVELLERS HALTING. A woman sits on her horse. A man has dismounted from his grey horse and kneels on the ground. On the road are a beggar, a seated woman, and many other figures. To the left are a horse and a haystack. In the distance to the right is a windmill. In the collection of Lord Allendale, London. 425. THREE HORSEMEN HALTING AT AN INN. Sm. 309. In the left foreground, in front of an inn, a horseman lies on the ground with his back to the spectator ; he converses with a companion who stands in front of him to the right, with a dog still farther right. Beyond the recumbent man the hostess is busy putting oats into a trough. At the back the third horseman, who is mounted, looks into a mug which he holds in his right hand. In the right middle distance the host is attending to the other two men's horses. In the right distance are travellers. A fine picture, simple and natural in composition. [Pendant to 293. Compare 819.] Signed with the early monogram ; panel, i6| inches by 23^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 343). In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 77. It was there in 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 367 : ios.). 426. HALTING AT THE INN. [Compare 661.] In the collection of Mrs. Joseph, London. 427. Travellers halting at the Inn. In the centre foreground a saddled grey horse, which faces left, stands drinking from a pail. Near it are the rider, an ostler, and a little girl. Behind it is a waggon in a side view ; fodder is being put into a manger for the two horses. A cavalier assists a lady to descend from the waggon. A beggar, hat in hand, advances ; a dog barks. In the left foreground a man sits on a tree trunk with his back to the spectator. Near him, to the left, a woman sits facing the spectator ; a little girl stands at her knee. Farther left stands a man in profile to the right. He wears a hat, and holds a mug in