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vm PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 451 632. A Stag Hunt. Sm. 482 and Suppl. 231. A high broken hill with a few trees fills the centre. A large party of huntsmen with attendants and hounds follow two stags which rush down the farther side of the hill. In front are a cavalier in red on a grey horse, another on a bay horse with a lady behind him, a groom holding dogs, and a huntsman who has been thrown from his horse. "Painted in the artist's first manner" (Sm.). Canvas, 31^ inches by 45! inches. In the collection of J. B. van Lancker, Antwerp, 1829 (Sm.). Sale. J. B. van Lancker, Antwerp, 1835 (2100 francs or 5000 francs, according to Sm. bought in). Bought after the 1835 sale by Joseph Woodin (4500 francs). Sale. Michael Zachary, London, 1838 (141 : 153., Arteria). In the collection of Edmund Higginson, Saltmarsh Castle, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Edmund Higginson, London, June 4, 1846 (210, Chaplin). 6320. A Stag Hunt. A lady and gentleman. 633. A Stag Hunt. At a river. Two men and a woman ride across a ford. A rich composition, warm in tone. [Pendant to 586*.] Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 387). Sales. Earl of Shrewsbury, London, 1857 (183 : 155., Davis). London, 1860 (jCng : 145., Comte de Persigny). 633^. A Stag Hunt. Cavaliers, mostly mounted, attended by beaters, gallop after a stag which the hounds have brought to bay. Hilly distance, cloudy sky. [Pendant to 572*7.] Panel, 17 inches by 19^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 27, 1858, No. 116 (71 florins, Herman). 633^. A Stag Hunt at a River. In the collection of Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, Cheltenham. Sales. Robert White, London, June II, 1853 (157 : ios., bought in). London, 1861 (136 : ios., Wilson). 633*:. A Stag Hunt. In the Major collection, Stuttgart, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 803). 633^. Horsemen hunting a Stag. Signed with the monogram, and dated 1651. In the collection of J. J. von Hirsch, Wtirzburg, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 802). 634. A Stag Hunt. Mounted huntsmen gallop across a stream in pursuit of a stag which the hounds have brought to bay on a hill. Farther away are other huntsmen on horseback or on foot. Behind the two riders crossing the stream is a pretty little woman, bare-headed, in a lemon-yellow gown, on horseback. [Seemingly a pendant to 613^.] Signed on the left at foot with the monogram ; copper, io| inches by 14 inches. Mentioned by Parthey (ii. 802). Sale. Count Schonborn of Pommersfelden, Paris, May 17, 1867, No. 138.