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5 88 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. Sales. Randen de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 94 (2740 francs, according to Sm.; but 7240 francs, according to the priced catalogue). Le Rouge, Paris, 1818 (4101 francs). Imported into England by De la Hante, who sold it to J. Webb (for ,262 : ids.). /. John Webb, London, 1821 (110, Peile or Foster). W. Beckford, Fonthill Abbey, Bath, 1823 (66, Emmerson). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, London, 1829 (Sm.) ; he had bought it from Peacock (for 150 : 35.). Bought with the Peel collection for the National Gallery, 1871. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 88 1. 1007. LANDSCAPE WITH PEOPLE GATHERING FAGGOTS. Sm. 71 ; M. 71. On the left is a high sandhill surmounted by a cottage with a tree amid bushes at the side. At the foot of the hill is a still pool, at which two boys are fishing while a third draws water. On the road stand two woodcutters with horses carrying faggots ; there are also horsemen, a woman seated, and wayfarers. Beyond is a hilly landscape with a range of mountains on the horizon. Signed with the early monogram ; canvas, 25 inches by 31^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 139, 358, ii. 114. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 71, as "Occupations Champe'tres." Sales. Julienne, Paris, March 30, 1767 (5079 francs, Remy). Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 3, 1777, No. 88 (8000 francs, Lambert). Chevalier Lambert et du Porail, Paris, March 27, 1787 (10,000 francs, Lebrun for Calonne). Calonne, Paris, April 21, 1788 (11,000 francs). Le Bas Courmont, Paris, May 31, 1794 (40,000 assignats). Claude Tolozan, Paris, February 23, 1801 (5100 francs). Solirene, Paris, March 12, 1812 (6105 francs). In the Valedau collection, Paris, 1829 (Sm.). In the Montpellier Museum, Valedau bequest, 1890 catalogue, No. 800. 1008. WOODCUTTERS IN WINTER. Sm. 51 and Suppl. 23 ; M. 76. In a snowy landscape on the edge of a frozen canal to the left is the corner of a cottage with a leafless tree in front. In the right foreground, near a bare tree-stump, a man chops wood, while his comrade fastens a large bundle of faggots on a bay horse with its tail to the spectator. To the left of it, nearer the front, a grey horse with a cloth over it stands in profile to the left feeding out of a sack of hay. Farther left is a dog. In the left middle distance on the ice of the canal are four boys ; one skates away, while another pushes a sledge to the front, and the two others sit on the bank to the left. Farther back comes a woman with a child on her back followed by a dog. A great cloud fills the left of the sky. This is not a very successful picture ; it is scarcely superior to a Molenaer. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 12^ inches by 19 inches. Engraved by Moyreau in 1754, No. 76, as " Les Bucherons."