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57 6 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. Signed to the right at foot with the early monogram ; panel, 14^ inches by 2O inches. In the collection of C. Sillem, Hamburg, 1842 (Sm.). Bequeathed by J. Amsinck, 1879, to the Kunsthalle. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 209. 977. ON THE SEA-SHORE. Sm. 295. In the left foreground a horseman with a dog halts to buy fish from a group of four persons with baskets of fish. Near the centre is a white horse carrying fishing-nets ; it is seen from the back in a foreshortened view. A man and a woman sit on the shore looking towards the sea in the distance. The tide is out. "This picture is said to be the last production of the artist's pencil, which is not at all improbable, as its general tone of colour, being of a silver grey, is the characteristic of that period ; its predominant tender tones are varied with the most beautiful gradations of tint that genius and art could blend together ; the figures are admirably drawn and the finishing throughout is of the most exquisite description " (Sm.). Signed with the monogram ; panel, 13 inches by 16 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, who did not see it (i. 408) ; and by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 245-248. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1818. In the collection of Queen Elizabeth Farnese, wife of King Philip V. of Spain ; her royal arms are stamped on the back. Imported into England by Buchanan, October 1813. Sale. Lord Charles Townshend, London, 1819 (320 : 53.). In the collection of Joseph Barchard, London, 1823 ; bought privately from him by the dealer Emmerson. Bought by Sir Robert Peel from Sm. before 1829 (for 472 : ios.). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., bought as a whole for the National Gallery, 1871. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 880. 978. SELLING FISH ON THE SHORE AT SCHEVE- NINGEN. Sm. 310. In the right foreground, at the foot of a sandhill on which stands a tower, is a group of eight persons dealing in fish, some of which is spread out on the sand. A grey horse, laden with fishing- tackle, feeds out of a sack. To the left is a horseman with two dogs. In front are two children on a log. Two boats lie on the shore. An early work. Signed with the full monogram ; canvas, 19 inches by 30^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 343). According to Sm. it was in the Sale. Jacomo de Wit, Antwerp, May 14, 1741 (Hoet, ii. 33), No. 22 (300 florins) ; but this is uncertain, as the description and size do not quite agree. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 67. 979. LANDSCAPE BY THE SEA-SHORE. Numerous figures on a road to the right. Signed on the right at foot with the early monogram ; panel 7 inches by 7 inches.