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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 589 In the d'Argenville collection, 1754. Sale. Didier d'Argenville, Paris, March 3, 1766 (Empress Catherine II.). In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1040. A Woodcutter. Sale. Isaak van den Blooken, Amsterdam, May 17, 1707 (Hoet, i. 101), No. 57 (63 florins). 1009. Woodcutters in Winter. M. 36. On the right a frozen river stretches away into the distance ; on the farther bank are houses. A boat is frozen in ; in front of it is a sledge laden with tubs. In the centre are two peasants ; one has put a rope round an old tree and tries to pull it down. In the left centre foreground is a woodcutter at work, watched by two children, one of whom has a faggot on his shoulder. To the left is a horse laden with wood ; behind it another man is barely visible. Farther back is a wooden fence with an open door. Numerous bare trees. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 36, as " L'Hiver." In the Gersaint collection, Paris, 1739. 1009*7. A Winter Landscape with Woodcutters. Sale. Jacob Boreel, Amsterdam, April 21, 1746 (Hoet, ii. 184), No. 10 (52 florins, W. van den Berg). 1009^. Persons gathering Faggots in a Landscape. Circular panel, 71 inches by 7-^ inches. In the collection of B. da Costa, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 468). Sale. Benjamin da Costa, The Hague, August 13, 1764 (Terw. 380), No. 82 (185 florins). 1010. A Dune Landscape with Faggot-Gatherers. Sm. 91. In the foreground two men and a woman load a horse with bundles of faggots. Farther back are a huntsman on a grey horse and a man on foot with hawk on wrist. Panel, 12^ inches by 16 inches. Sale. Gerard Braamcamp, July 31, 1771, No. 287 (400 florins, C. Ploos van Amstel). ion. A Winter Landscape with Woodcutters. A grey horse with a pack saddle stands out in relief against the dark sky. An old man gathers wood to load it on the horse. A hatchet lies on the ground. A woman with a child in her lap and a dog at her side sits with her back to the spectator. At the back are trees and a snow-covered mountain. Panel, 12 inches by ii inches. Sale. J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 371 (800 florins, Fouquet). 1012. The Woodcutters. Sm. 175. In the foreground of a hilly landscape a peasant loads an ass with faggots. To the left a man climbs a ladder to cut branches from a tree. A third man helps. Near him is a woman carrying several bundles of faggots on her head.