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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 447 men and hounds. A man in a red coat on a bay horse, seen from the back, attacks the stag with his spear. Before him comes another hunts- man at a gallop. To the left of him comes a lady on a grey horse with a huntsman blowing a horn, followed by another lady. Beyond them is a rude bridge over a torrent in a deep chasm. The huntsmen approach from all quarters ; one is thrown from his horse into the river. A cool, grey evening. A "capital picture" (Sm.). Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 29 inches by 41 inches. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 303. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1840, by Sir T. Baring. Imported into England by the dealer Buchanan from the Rijnders collection, Brussels. In the collection of Edward Gray, Harringay House, London, 1829 (Sm.) ; purchased after his death by Buchanan. In the collection of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., 1840. Sale. Sir Thomas Baring, London, June 2, 1848 (446, Brown). In the collection of Wynn Ellis, London, bequeathed to the National Gallery, 1876. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 975. 624. A Stag Hunt. The ground slopes steeply from left to right, where a little stream flows towards the foreground, with a fountain in it. Farther back, round a stone pedestal, ladies and gentlemen are resting and taking refreshments. Beyond is a wooded valley, from which rises the top of a country house in the baroque style. On the extreme right a party is assembled on the terrace of a big square tower. In the centre foreground a mounted horseman, blowing a horn, gallops to the right ; to the left of him a cavalier and a lady watch three hounds pursuing a stag and a hare. On the extreme left are another lady on horseback, and, farther away, two huntsmen riding up. On the right a huntsman holds a prancing piebald horse by the bridle. A dark horse kicks out at it and upsets a man. In the centre is a group of five tall trees. Beyond the valley is a broad hilly landscape. Broad in proportion to its height. In the Prado Gallery, Madrid. 625. A STAG HUNT. Sm. 322 and Suppl. 123. To the left is a broad river in which a stag and a hind take refuge. They are followed by a lady and three men on horseback, one of whom falls into the water. On the bank to the right a hunting party of ladies and gentlemen rest near a monument past which the road runs. A lady and a gentleman, seated on the ground, take refreshments. Two others stand conversing. A lady, with hawk on wrist, sits on a grey horse. A groom holds a roan horse. There is a group of three musicians. On the road in the right middle distance is a coach with four grey horses. In front a boy is sailing a toy boat. On the left bank of the river is the terrace of a large garden. In the distance, on the rising banks of the river, are towns and country houses. A very fine picture. Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; canvas, 32^ inches by 56 inches.