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vm PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 635 1145. A Winter Scene. Sm. Suppl. 267. Open country near a hamlet. The house-tops and the church steeple are seen above rising ground on the right. On a winding and rugged road to the left are three figures, two of whom come forward. Near an old gateway is a dog. Panel, 14 inches by 12 inches. In the Lockhart collection, Rotterdam, bought as a whole by Galli in 1824 and exported to Scotland. In the possession of the Edinburgh dealer Allan, 1829 (priced at 120). 1145*7. A Winter Landscape. With figures. Canvas. Sale. Antwerp, March 30, 1846, No. 2. 1146. A Winter Scene. Sm. 315 and Suppl. 119. In the right foreground is a cottage with a wooden annexe and some old tree-trunks near it. On a frozen river are numerous skaters. A man pushes a sledge con- taining a woman and a child. A man skates with his back to the spectator. Three boys and a girl, one of whom has fallen. On the left are a man and woman on horseback, preceded by a woman carrying a child on her back. The country is under snow. "A good example of the master " (Sm.). Panel, 14 inches by 20 inches. In the De Vos collection, Amsterdam, 1829 (Sm.). Sales. J. de Vos, Amsterdam, July 2, 1833, No. 44 (1615 florins). Hendrik Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, November 25, 1851, No. 54 ; it was in this collection in 1842 (Sm.). 1147. View on a Canal in Winter. Sm. Suppl. 91. A high rustic bridge abuts against a bank at one side and against a ruined brick arch on the other. A boy and a woman carrying faggots cross the bridge. A peasant carrying a bundle of wood climbs a bank. On the other side are two children and a man breaking the ice. Beyond them, a boy descends a ladder. " A faithful transcript of nature " (Sm.). Panel, ii inches by 14^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 291) ; and by W. Burger, Tresors a" Art en Angle- terre, p. 299. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857, No. 994. In the collection of Charles Bredel, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. Miss Bredel, London, May I, 1875 (1281, Colnaghi). Albert Levy, London, June 16, 1876 (1102 : ios., Lesser). 1148. A Winter Landscape. A road leads back over abridge to a town gate. On the frozen canal in front are two men, and a bay horse eating hay. A skater pulls a sledge along. Near him another man fastens on his skates. A woman who has fetched water goes away to the left, leading her child by the hand. In the middle distance a traveller comes along the road by the canal. Above the snow-clad hills in the distance is a dark cloud. [Compare 1144.] Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 16 inches by 13 inches. Probably in the Posch collection, Brussels.