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62 AELBERT CUYP SECT. Acquired with the Peel collection for the National Gallery, 1871. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 824. 177. THE OLD OOSTPOORT, ROTTERDAM. This gate was built about 1611-13 an( ^ demolished in 1836. On the right is the gate ; in the centre is the bastion with a windmill on it. Along the wall is a pathway protected by an iron railing on the side of the water. At the end of the bastion this path leads through a wooden gateway over a drawbridge, with wooden balustrades. Under this gateway stands a man. To the left, in the corner of the picture, on this side of the ditch over which the drawbridge is thrown, two gentlemen stand talking. One has his face to the spectator, the other his back. The latter wears a red dress and a black hat, and wears a sword in a bandolier. To the right, beside them, is a dog. In the middle distance, to the left, are the red roofs of the town, seen in the light of the setting sun. This picture, described as " resembling the school of Cuyp," was gratuitously attributed in the 1892 catalogue to L. Verschuier ; it was said to represent a hitherto unknown period in his development. In the supplementary catalogue of 1905 it was attributed to A. Cuyp. The similar signed picture of the Rietdijk Gate at Dordrecht (177) makes A. Cuyp's authorship unquestionable. Panel, 25 inches by 19 inches. In the collection of M. J. van Dam van Noordeloos. In the Boymans Museum, Rotterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 60 (old No. 285). 178. The Castle of Rupelmonde. Sale. Amsterdam, December 16, 1851, No. 17. 178*. View near Delft. In the middle of a river is a fort built on arches, and approached from either bank by a drawbridge. To the left is a high building, with another beyond it. A woman descends some steps from the fort to the river. On the bank in the foreground a man is fashing. Panel, 17 inches by 2i inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1908, No. 77. In the collection of Lord Ribblesdale, 1908. 179. Cows by a River, with a Shepherd and a Woman. On the bank of a river flowing through the middle distance are seven cows ; five are lying down, the sixth, a dark cow, stands in profile to the right, and the seventh is in full face. Farther away is a flock of sheep. Near a stunted tree, on the extreme right, the shepherd, with a basket on his arm, stands conversing with a milkmaid. On the farther bank of the river are the houses and the church of a village. There are four sailing-boats on the river. Panel, 19 J inches by 30 inches. Sale. Scarisbrick, London, May 1861.