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viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 521 In the collection of John Webb. In the collection of Alexander Baring, 1829 (he had paid 1260 for it Sm. valued it at 1575). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange ; sold as a whole, in 1907, to the London dealers Thomas Agnew and Sons. In the possession of the London dealers Thomas Agnew and Sons. 821. SOLDIERS pN THE MARCH. Sm. 27 ; M. 69. Through a hilly country infantry and artillery march, followed by cavalry. The commander, on a prancing grey horse, is in the left foreground, giving orders to a halberdier who stands bareheaded before him. Near him is a mounted ensign. In good preservation. "These pictures (this and 194) are of excellent quality, being the production of the artist in his second manner" (Sm.). [Pendant to 194 and to 876. Compare 831.] Signed with the monogram ; panel, 13^ inches by i8| inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 149. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 69, as " Marche d'Armee." In description and size it agrees with 831, but cannot be identical with it. In the collection of the Prince de Carignan, 1738. Sales. Gaignat, Paris, December 1768 (4600 francs, with pendant 876). Marquis de Brunoy, Paris, December 2, 1776 (6600 francs, with pendant 194, Dubois). Beaujon, Paris, April 25, 1787 (4850 francs). Solirene, Paris, March 12, 1812 (6000 francs, separately). In the Valedau collection, Paris, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 315). In the Montpellier Museum, Valedau bequest, 1890 catalogue, No. 803. 822. SOLDIERS HALTING ON THE MARCH. Sm. 79. Soldiers, with artillery and baggage-waggons, march through an open river-landscape. In the foreground are three cavalrymen. The man in the centre, facing the spectator, appears to be an officer of high rank. To the right of him a man seen from the back in a three-quarter view rides down the river-bank. In the left an ensign is mounting his horse. Farther left a mounted man blows a trumpet. [Pendant to 74.] Signed with the monogram ; panel, 13 inches by i8 inches. Engraved by Beaumont, No. 5, as " Le Defile de Cavalerie." Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosife, i. 165. Exhibited by the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris, 1901, No. 209. In the Barez collection. Sales. La Live de Jully, Paris, March 1770 (4001 francs, with pendant, Donjeu). Morelle, Paris, 1776 (7811 francs, with pendant). Dubois, Paris, March 31, 1784 (7000 francs, with pendant). Mrs. Bentley, London, June 28, 1879 ( 2 3& ' 5 s -) John Pritchard, London, 1879 (236, Lesser). Lesser, London, May 27, 1882 (157 : ios., Corbett). Arthur Seymour, London, July 1896, No. 79 (372, M. Colnaghi). In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1 897, No. 47. In the possession of John W. Gates, New York. 823. CAVALRY HALTING ON A RIVER- BANK. On