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vni PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 487 Signed on the left at foot with the monogram ; panel, 9 inches by II inches. Sale. Baron H. Fagel, Paris, May 4, 1870, No. 23. 733. A Sportsman halting. A man, two dogs, a woman, and children. Sale. S. Wheeler, London, July 29, 1871 (242 : ios., Agnew). 734. A Hilly Landscape with Figures. In the right foreground a wooden cross stands on a bank. A man kneels before it and a horseman respectfully removes his hat. In the distance a figure is seen from the back. In front is a stream ; to the right is a huntsman in a red jacket with a hawk on his wrist. Signed with the early monogram ; panel, io| inches by 8 inches. Sales. Erasmus von Engerth, Vienna, June 5, 1871, No. 86. Lippmann von Lissingen, Paris, March 16, 1876, No. 51. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 561. 735. A MAN WATERING HIS HORSE AND A SPORTSMAN WITH A GUN. Sm. Suppl. 172. An arid landscape. On a hill to the left are a cottage, a hayrick, and a few trees. On the right, bounded by distant sand-hills, is a river at which a man waters his horse. A sportsman on a brown horse, with a gun over his shoulder, comes along a winding road over the hill ; he is followed by a boy and a dog. Nearer the front a woman with a bundle on her back sits by the roadside. Beyond these are a man and a boy near the cottage. A traveller with a pack on his back and other figures are in the distance to the right. Painted in a cool grey tone ; it reminds one of Wijnants. Canvas, 23 inches by 28 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 303). In the collection of the Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Duke of Hamilton, Hamilton Palace, June 17, 1882 (693, Fitzhenry). 736. Landscape with a Sportsman. The sportsman in a red jacket rides a grey horse. He gives alms to a beggar-woman. Near him are two figures ; two others come along a sandy road past two pollard willows. A man-servant carries a dead hare on a gun. In front is a dog. In the distance are a castle and hills. 9 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. George Field, London, June 10, 1893, No. 45. 737. A DUNE LANDSCAPE WITH SPORTSMEN. On the left, a sandy road leads past a slope away into the distant plain. In the left foreground is a little stream ; farther back is a cottage on a low hill. A sportsman comes along the road carrying a long staff on his shoulder. His dog stands to the right in profile, watching something in the sand-hill. This is very much in the style of Wijnants. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 17^ inches. Exhibited in the Rembrandt exhibition held by the Amsterdam dealers Fred. Muller and Co., 1906, No. 131.