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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 445 refuge in a stream, but the hounds seize her and two huntsmen gallop towards her. In the right foreground a boy in a red jacket holds a dog. A country house stands amidst trees in the middle distance ; beyond is a range of hills. "An admirable picture" (Sm.). It was formerly ascribed to Pieter Wouwerman. Signed on the road to the right at foot with the full monogram ; panel, i8| inches by 24^ inches. Acquired for Kassel through Hoet. In the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 843. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 85. At the Louvre, Paris, 1806-1815. In the Picture Gallery, Kassel, 1903 catalogue, No. 350 (old No. 323). 617. A STAG HUNT. A hilly landscape near a stream. Dark figures. A very strongly lighted cloud. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 510). In the collection of the Duke of Newcastle, Clumber. 6 1 8. A STAG HUNT. A hilly and wooded landscape. On the right the hounds have run down the stag. Among the huntsmen, a man in blue on a white horse with a dark spot arrives at a gallop. Another man on a dark-bay horse raises his spear to pierce a fallen stag. Another stag is caught by the hounds. A lady on horseback and others, mounted or on foot, come up. A notable picture of the master's maturity. Canvas, about 19 inches by 24 inches. See note to 49. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 436). In the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Palace. 619. HUNTING THE ROE. Sm. 3. In the left middle dis- tance is a cottage amidst trees ; in front is a fallen tree near a marsh ; to the left are the ruins of a castle. To the left of the centre a roe is surrounded and pursued by mounted huntsmen, with three ladies, one of whom is in yellow. A man on a grey horse blows a horn. There are beaters on foot, and hounds. Signed on the left at foot with the early monogram ; panel, 19 inches by 31 inches. Engraved in the Du Piles cabinet, 1739, by Le Bas as "La Chasse a 1'Italienne." Sale. Jaques Meyers, Rotterdam, September 9, 1722 (Hoet, i. 267), No. 100 (535 florins). Acquired for Dresden, 1742, by Rigaud from the De Piles collection, Paris. In Guarienti's inventory, before 1753, No. 1534. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1414. 620. A STAG HUNT NEAR A RIVER. Sm. 14 ; M. 23. A river flows from the left distance to the right foreground. To the left are trees. In front of these, and to the right of them, ladies and gentle- men on horseback follow two stags. A huntsman spears one of them, a fallow-deer ; the hounds seize the other, a roe. On the river-bank are two shepherdesses with sheep and goats which they are driving off the