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vii AELBERT CUYP 59 right of him, down the avenue, stand a woman and two boys. In the left distance is the chateau of Meerdervoort. To the right is the Maas, with Dordrecht on the farther bank. Beside a canal running parallel to the avenue sit two anglers. It is a fine evening. A good picture. Canvas, 29^ inches by 39^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tr'esor de la Curtosite, ii. 425. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1892, No. 53. Sales. P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August I, 1810 (according to Demidoff sale catalogue). Sereville, Paris, January 21, 1812 (10,000 francs). Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 46 (18,900 francs) previously offered for sale in London, 1834 (for j8oo). Demidoff of San Donato, Paris, April 18, 1868, No. 2. In the collection of Sir Richard Wallace. In the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 51. 169. THE AVENUE AT MEERDERVOORT. With cows and riders in the foreground. The composition is identical with 168, but is somewhat wider. Signed on the left ; 28^ inches by 41 inches. Sale. Macalester Loup, The Hague, August 20, 1806, No. 93 (960 florins). In the collection of Earl Cowper, Panshanger. 170. THE RUINS OF THE ABBEY OF KONINGSVELD NEAR DELFT. Sm. 62. The ruins fill the left half of the picture. In the right foreground are a horseman with his back to the spectator and two men on foot. To the left of them are two other men with a waggon and a grey horse. A small part of a house is visible on the extreme right. Beyond it is a range of lofty hills which the painter invented for the occasion. It is a fine summer evening. Panel, 18 inches by 30 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 48). Engraved in the Stafford Gallery, No. 38. Sale. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797 (500 florins). In the collection of Lord Francis Egerton, London, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, No. 207. 171. A COW-HERD NEAR THE RUINS OF KONINGS- VELD. In a bare landscape. In the right foreground is a man on a grey horse, with his back to the spectator : beside him, to the left, is a man on foot. On the right is a herdsman with cows. Signed in full ; 17^ inches by 24 inches. Engraved in the Stafford Gallery, No. 39. In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, No. 235. 171*7. View of Leyden. Fishermen in the foreground. Sunshine. Panel, 22 inches by 30 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, April 13, 1829, No. 28 (12 florins).