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574 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 970. A WOMAN SELLING FISH ON THE SHORE. On a sandhill in front a woman selling shell-fish converses with a cavalier who stands to the left in front of her holding his horse by the bridle. Another horseman with two dogs waits near. A boy looks on. In the middle distance are a horseman and several fishermen. To the left is part of a lighthouse, in front of which sit two persons ; one of them looks through a spyglass at the sea, enlivened with boats, which stretches away in the distance. This was once wrongly ascribed to Pieter Wouwerman. Signed to the left at foot, on a plank on the road, with the full mono- gram ; panel, 14 inches by I2| inches. In the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 624. In the Palace, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 65. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-15. In the Picture Gallery, Kassel, 1903 catalogue, No. 358 (old No. 331). 971. SELLING FISH ON THE SHORE. Sm. 424 and Suppl. 200. In the centre foreground, on a sandhill, two old women have spread out some shell-fish for sale. In front stands a fisherman with his back to the spectator. Near him to the right sits a young woman with a child on her left arm. Behind her stands a cavalier holding the bridle of his piebald horse. Near him to the right a grey horse laden with nets feeds off some hay on the ground. Two children play in the sand before it. On the left is a view of the sea with boats. Fishermen come from them carrying baskets. Farther back are two horsemen, one behind the other. Beyond, on the top of the dunes, is a massive square tower. Signed on the right at foot in the corner with the full monogram ; canvas, 12 inches by 15 inches. Engraved by Niquet in the Musee Napotton, 1809. In the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 21. In the Schloss Altstadt, Kassel, 1783 inventory, No. 83. In the Louvre, Paris, 1806-15. In the Picture Gallery, Kassel, 1903 catalogue, No. 359 (old No. 332). 972. SELLING FISH ON THE SHORE. Sm. Suppl. 254. To the right, in front of a tall signal-mast near a thatched hut, fisher- men sit, stand, or recline. A young man who kneels holds a fish which he appears to have selected from a number lying on the ground. Beside him to the left stands a boy close to a man seated on a tub ; both of them are seen from the back. To the left two children play with a boat. Farther back two fishermen have spread out their catch on the sand. A cavalier and a lady, who stand near, are buying some ; they converse with a horseman on the left. To the right of this group a grey horse, seen almost in profile to the right, feeds at a basket. Behind it three persons load a cart. To the left is the calm sea with some boats. On the extreme right of the middle distance is a tower half cut off by the frame. "An early production" (Sm.). Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 22 inches by 24 inches. In the Dresden inventory of 1754 (" 4 2 )- In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1434.