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636 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. Sales. Heris (Eire collection) of Brussels, Paris, March 25, 1841, No. 14. H. de Kat of Dordrecht, Paris, May 2, 1866, No. 95 (1720 francs). Baron de Bournenville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 556. 1 148*. A Winter Landscape. With a grey horse. 13! inches by i8 inches. Sale. Sir W. W. Knighton, London, 1885 (115 : ios.). 1149. VIEW ON A CANAL IN WINTER. Sm. Suppl. 184. To the right on the snow-bound bank of a canal stands a reddish-bay horse, unharnessed, in profile to the left. It bends its head down to the hay which a man standing behind throws down. On the right, farther back, stands a grey horse facing the spectator. To the right of it a man is fastening his shoe. In front is a dog, behind it is a tent. Farther back are the top of a church tower and a ruin. On the left, which is filled by the frozen canal, a little boy draws his comrade away in a little sledge. A dog barks ; to the right a boy has fallen down. Behind them comes a lady in a sleigh drawn by a richly caparisoned horse ; the coachman in red, standing at the back, drives to the left. On the ice at the back are numerous skaters. On the farther bank are a village and a windmill. Genuine but very dark. Signed on the left at foot with the monogram, ; panel, 14 inches by 19 inches. Sales. Stevens, Antwerp, August 9, 1837, No. 160 (6000 francs, Ter Bruggen). Weber de Treuenfels of Antwerp, Paris, April 8, 1867, No. 41 (4200 francs). Vicomte de Buisseret, Brussels, April 29, 1891, No. 128. Huybrechts, Antwerp, May 12, 1902, No. 144 (7600 francs). 1150. A WINTER SCENE. Sm. Suppl. 219. On the left a road ascends in a slight curve to a red brick bridge of two arches over a frozen river, and leads on to a village in the distance. On the ice to the right a bay horse, unharnessed, stands feeding from a sack, beside a sleigh. On the left the driver plays bowls with a countryman ; a woodcutter, seen from the back, and his boy in a blue coat look on. A " very clever picture " (Sm.). [Possibly identical with 1139^-] Signed j panel, 16 inches by 19 inches. Probably in the Simon collection, Brussels. Sale. (Probably) Heris (Eire collection) of Brussels, Paris, March 25, 1841, No. 15 measuring 16 inches by 20 inches. In the collection of P. Norton before 1842 (Sm.). Sale. S. B. Goldschmidt of Frankfort-on-Main, Vienna, March n, 1907, No. 6 1 (4700 florins). 1151. A WINTER LANDSCAPE. Two men stand on a frozen river in front ; one wears a red jacket. Beyond them a man and a boy cross a wooden bridge. On the high bank to the right are cottages and trees. Under the bridge is a man in a little boat. Panel, 7^ inches by 9 inches.