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24 AELBERT CUYP SECT. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1883, No. 252. In the collection of G. F. Wilbraham, 1883. 55. Interior of a Cottage. On a wooden bench to the right are various vegetables ; on the floor are a full basket and cooking-pots ; near them lies the carcase of a pig, with a cock and a dog. A large opening in the wall leads to a sheep-pen. In the left foreground is a boy with a jug ; at the back is a milkmaid. A half-opened door gives a view of a town on the bank of a river with many boats on it. Panel, 19 inches by 27 inches. Sale, Brenken and others, Cologne, April I, 1886, No. 29. 56. The Interior of a Stable. In a barn -like interior, full of cows, calves, hens, pigeons, and dogs, the carcase of a pig hangs on a ladder. By the open door to the left are a girl with a pail and two children. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 24^ inches by 27 inches. Sale. F. R. von Berthold, C. G. Hartman, D. P. Ccpero, and others, Cologne, December 9, 1898, No. 41. 57. A CAVALRY SKIRMISH IN A HILLY LAND- SCAPE. In the left foreground a galloping horseman fires his pistol at an adversary, who springs to the left but turns and aims his pistol at the first man. Behind them others are fighting. One lies dead in the centre foreground ; his left foot remains in the stirrup of his grey horse, which dashes away to the right. In front of this group is another horseman with drawn sword, who looks round while his horse has stumbled on its knees. In the middle distance and background are trees and hills, and on the right is a placid stream. The picture was once generally ascribed to S. van Douw, as in the Amsterdam catalogue of 1887 ; but this mediocre artist never painted a picture that came near in quality to this " Cavalry Skirmish." It has all the glowing colour of Cuyp, his characteristic types of horses and tree- drawing, and so forth. The signature was wrongly questioned in earlier editions of the Amsterdam catalogue. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner, " A Cuvp " j panel, 20 inches by 26 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 98 (91 florins, Van Leen). From the National Museum, The Hague, 1808. In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 743. 58. A CAMP BEFORE A TOWN. On an island in a lake to the right is a castle of red brick with corners of hewn stone. In the centre foreground is a waggon with two grey horses. To the left is a brown horse. There are numerous persons in light brown dress. The effect of light is good, and similar, though inferior, to the other picture in the same collection (341). An early work. In the collection of the Marquis d'Aoust, Paris. 58*. A Fight in a Hilly Landscape.