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45 2 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 635. A Stag Hunt. Sm. 229 and 476, and Suppl. 87. A hilly landscape. A building with a ruined tower stands on a hill in the centre. A swift stream flows round the base of this hill to the left. A party of two ladies and a gentleman, mounted, with five attendants on foot, have halted on the bank, into which a stag and a hind have rushed, pursued by numerous hounds. One of the attendants in red with a long pole speaks to a man who releases a hound. Several huntsmen ride down a steep hill with many attendants on foot. Two men put off in a boat. " An early production " (Sm.). Canvas, 52 inches by 64! inches or, according to the Fould sale catalogue, 53 inches by 78 inches or, according to Sm., 52 inches by 76 inches. Sale. Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (3000 francs). A picture of similar dimensions and subject was exhibited for private sale in the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, London, 1834 (valued at .360), but was not sold. It was then put up at auction in Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 54 (5250 francs). Sales. Louis Fould, Paris, June 4, 1860. Edouard Fould, Paris, April 5, 1869, No. 15 (20,200 francs, Count Tolstoy). 635*7. A Stag Hunt. [Pendant to 613^.] Sale. Temple, London, 1874 (315, with pendant, Brooks). 635^. A Stag Hunt. In a hilly landscape near a mansion three cavaliers and a lady ride after a stag which two men with hounds have brought to bay. [Possibly identical with 635^] Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 20 inches by 28 inches. Sale. Auguiot, Paris, March I, 1875, No. 34. 635*:. A Stag Hunt. 33^ inches by 49 inches. In the Hutcheson collection. Salt. Bell, London, 1881 (^483, Denison). 635^. The Stag Hunt. In an extensive hilly landscape several riders with hounds gallop wildly through a stream after a stag and a roe. One rider falls with his horse. Canvas, 13 inches by 2i inches. Sale. Cologne, June 28, 1890, No. 86. 635*. A Stag Hunt In a picturesque dune landscape, with a massive low tower amidst trees, huntsmen preceded by hounds gallop from the side of a lake, where a companion signals to them. Two of them blow the horn. Others appear on the top of a little hill. To the left are a lady on horseback and a falconer near a dead hind. Two persons seated hold back some hounds. A huntsman is mounting his horse. Canvas, 29^ inches by 42 inches. Sale. Etienne Le Roy, Brussels, April 27, 1903, No. 107.