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466 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 673^. A Party with Horses resting near a Fountain. 15! inches by 20 inches. Acquired from Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam, and already in the Lormier collection, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 447) ; in Lormier's store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 351. Sold by Lormier to Van Bragge, May I, 1758 (500 florins). 674. A Lady and Gentleman halt while Hawking. Sm. 45 ; M. 74. On the right in front of a tree is a fountain, surmounted by the figure of a boy on a dolphin, holding a horn from which the water flows. To the left, a lady, with hawk on wrist, upon a grey horse, looks towards a cavalier on a dark horse farther left ; he salutes her with one hand and holds a glass of wine in the other. A page, standing between them in the centre foreground, pours out a cup of wine for the lady. In the left middle distance are a falconer on foot and a horseman. [Pendant to 875.] Panel, 15 inches by 15 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 114-115. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 74, as " La Fontaine du Dauphin." Sale. Peilhon, Paris, May 16, 1763 (1900 francs, with pendant). 675. A Hunting Party refreshing. Sm. 54. Panel, 20 inches by 25 1 inches. Said to have been in the Stadtholder's collection. In the collection ofWillem Lormier, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 446); he had bought it from Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam (for 414 florins) ; in his store- room catalogue of December 1754, No. 388. Sale. Willem Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 335), No. 325 (890 florins) ; the catalogue describes it as the " Start of a Hawking Party," but pictures of this kind are so much alike that there may easily have been some mistake in the description. 676. A Hunting Party halting at a Country House. Sm. 330 ; M. 10. A lady and three gentlemen halt before the walls of a large country house. One gentleman lifts his hat to salute three ladies on the wall. Another gentleman beside him has dismounted and offers him a glass of wine. They have three followers on foot, one of whom carries a hoop of hawks, with seven dogs. 15 inches by 19 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 10, as "La Buvette des Chasseurs." Then in the collection of the Prince de Carignan. Sale. Reyersbergen van Cauwerven, Leyden, July 31, 1765 (Terw. 484), No. 61 (500 florins). This is according to Sm., but he says nothing of the horse being shod which, from the sale catalogue, seems to be the chief feature. The picture was in the Cauwerven collection in 1725 (Hoet, ii. 536). 677. Halt of a Hawking Party. Sm. 93. A fine landscape with a ruined castle and a fountain in the centre foreground. To the left a lady and gentleman on horseback have halted. Near them are two boys, one of whom drinks water from his hat. On the right another lady on a grey horse gallops forward with a gentleman also on a grey horse. A