Page:Hofstede de Groot catalogue raisonné, Volume 2, 1909.djvu/499

vm PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 483 720. The Return from the Chase. Sm. 382. The park of a country mansion, with an arched entrance and a double flight of steps under which is a fountain. A hunting party of two ladies and three gentlemen have just arrived. One gentleman assists a lady to dismount. The other lady looks at a child which runs towards her. Near the child is a woman with fruit and another child. On the opposite side, farther away, are a coach with four horses, and a pleasure-boat on a river. Beyond is a fine temple, with a view of a hilly landscape. Described by Sm. from an engraving by Pelletier. 721. THE FALCONER IN A LANDSCAPE. Sm. 221 and Suppl. 83. An open barren landscape with a road on the left. From a house at the roadside comes a man with a basket of vegetables. In front of him is a cavalier with hawk on wrist on a grey horse, followed by a hound which is on a bank beside the road. An " excellent little picture" "painted in the artist's third manner" (Sm.). Panel, 14 inches by I2| inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 163). Sale. Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (3999 francs). In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, 1829 (valued by Sm. at 250) , exhibited for private sale, London, 1834, an< ^ bought by the Marquess of Lansdowne (300). In the collection of the Marquess of Lansdowne, Bowood. 722. A PEASANT SALUTING A SPORTSMAN. Sm. Suppl. 146. To the left of a landscape is an old tree with scanty foliage. In front of it stands a peasant, hat in hand, conversing with a young sportsman in red on a grey horse. Between them is a dog. Farther back on rising ground are cows ; in the distance is a hill. Blue sky with clouds. Signed on the right with the monogram and dated 1649 > P an el, 12 inches by io| inches. In the collection of the Earl of Beverley, 1842 (Sm.) ; purchased with the collection, 1851, by Sm. (according to Sm.'s annotated copy of his catalogue). In the collection of Thomas Baring, 1851. In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 146. 723. A Dune Landscape with Huntsmen and other Figures. On a road in the centre a horseman rides away. Near him a boy is standing on his head. A man stands near three houses beside a row of trees. Along the road comes a huntsman with a gun, towards a tramp and a boy seated by the roadside. A man leads a grey horse to drink at a stream flowing to the left. On a bank to the left is a high wooden frame. Blue sky with grey clouds. Signed in the centre at foot with the monogram; panel, n^ inches by 14! inches. In the collection of Jules Forges, Paris. 724. A FALCONER. He sits on a grey horse watching his hawks.