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474 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. holds a fourth horse while its rider pays the landlord. In the distance is a village in a wide landscape. Here and there are figures, notably a man carrying a hoop of hawks. Signed with the full monogram ; panel, 15 inches by i8| inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 121). Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1819 ; at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1 88 1, No. 83 ; and at South Kensington Museum from 1891 to 1897, No. 30. In the collection of Thomas Hope, 1829 (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, Deepdene ; bought as a whole in 1898 by the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi and A. Wertheimer. 699. Huntsmen resting at a Fountain. Sm. 12 and Suppl. 5 ; M. 12. On the right is an inn. In front of it are old ruins overgrown with plants, and a vine-clad portico under which ride two horsemen, one of whom blows a horn. Nearer the front, beside an old and almost leafless tree with a pigeon-cote in it, is a fountain at which a cavalier waters his horse ; near him two dogs are drinking. In the centre fore- ground a lady and gentleman ride from left to right, followed by a man with dogs and hawks and a horseman leading a pack-mule. On the road near the lady, stand a woman with a basket on her arm and a man who takes ofF his hat. Nearer the front sits a woman nursing her child. In the left distance, on rising ground, are buildings. " Of excellent quality " (Sm.). [Pendant to 422.] Signed with the monogram ; copper, "j inches by 10 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiositt, i. 357. An old copy is in the Dijon Museum, 1883 catalogue, No. 1 88. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 12, as "La Fontaine des Chasseurs." Exhibited at Vienna, 1873, No. 169. Sales. Comtesse de Verrue, Paris, March 27, 1737 (3775 francs, with pendant). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 90 (7800 francs, with pendant). Due de Praslin, Paris, February 1 8, 1793 (12,000 francs, with pendant). In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, 1829 (Sm.) ; exhibited for private sale in London, 1834, but not s ld. Sales. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 51 (4515 francs). Lippmann von Lissingen of Vienna, Paris, March 16, 1876, No. 50 (20,000 francs). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 231. 6990. Halt at the Chase. On a hill with trees and a round tower three riders have dismounted. A fourth is still hunting. A wide and distant view on the right. Panel, 17^ inches by 15 inches. Sale. D'Eve and others, Cologne, March 20, 1899, No. 204. 699^. A Hunting Party halting at a Fountain. Sale. Viscount Oxenbridge, London, December 9, 1899, No. 142.