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vni PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 417 behind him, two men pull forward what looks like a large dog. Another man carries a lamb on his shoulder. In the distance to the left are a terrace and a landscape. In the centre is the garden wall with high trees rising above it. In front of it is a fountain adorned with the figure of a faun playing a flute. Two women draw water. Under a portico, on the top of the steps to the right, a lady with a child takes leave of the company. The picture is somewhat dark. Panel, 18 inches by 24 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 282. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 51, as " Le Bouffon des Chasseurs." In the collection of Ormesson du Cheray, 1746. In the collection of the Chevalier Bonnemaison, who sold it to White (for 10,000 francs). In the hands of the London dealer Yates for sale, 1826 (priced at 630 ; Sm.'s offer of 500 was declined). Purchased from Bruce White, Paris, by Sm., 1838. In the collection of Baron A. de Rothschild, 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of Alfred de Rothschild, London. 538. DEPARTURE OF THE HAWKING PARTY. Sm. 1 88. In front of a mansion to the right a hawking party are about to set out. In the centre ride a cavalier, with hawk on wrist, on a grey horse, and a lady followed by a groom with a parasol. In front of them are a mounted man blowing a horn and a huntsman who waters his horse in a stream flowing to the left. On the left bank are a huntsman on foot with a long spear, a peasant woman carrying a flat basket on her head, and a countryman who raises his hat to salute the riders. To the right, near the mansion, are a cavalier, whose horse is held by a page, a lady on horseback, and another cavalier whose horse is kicking. In front of the steps two horses are held for a couple who are coming down. On the terrace stands a lady with a maid holding a parasol over her. In the middle distance is a pavilion ; beyond is a hilly landscape. Somewhat more restless than its pendant, but otherwise similar in style. [Pendant to 706.] Signed on the left with the full monogram ; canvas, 29 inches by 40^ inches. Mentioned by Kugler. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1828, 1841, 1844, r ^55 5 at Birmingham, 1831 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1887, No. 73, and 1908, No. 59. Sale. (Possibly) Proley, Paris, 1787 (14,500 francs). In the Royal Palace, Madrid. Captured by the Duke of Wellington among the French baggage after the battle of Vittoria, 1813. In the collection of the Duke of Wellington, Apsley House, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 245. 539. HALT OF A HAWKING PARTY. Sm. 53 and Suppl. 53. The park of a mansion, with statues of Charity and three children, and of a fighting gladiator and a fountain adorned with Cupids and a dolphin, near poplar trees. Beside the fountain are huntsmen and horses, VOL. II 2 E