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7 o AELBERT CUYP SECT. left foreground, which is in shadow, a brown cow stands, feeing left. To the right of it a brown-and-white spotted cow is lying down. Farther back between them is seen a black cow, lying down with its head to the spectator. In the right foreground are large-leaved bushes ; beyond them is a placid stream, the opposite bank of which rises up into low hills. In the centre distance is a round tower. Sunny background. Panel, 13! inches by 20 inches. Etched by P. J. Arendzen. Mentioned by C. Hofstede de Groot, Hollandsche Kunst in Engelsche Perzamelingen. In the collection of Sir Richard Wallace. In the Wallace Collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 180. 208. A SHEPHERD WITH HIS FLOCK. Sm. 205. In the centre a man in red, mounted on a dark chestnut horse with his back to the spectator, is speaking to a man and woman, who stand to the right at his horse's head. In the right foreground, close to the other figures, are a little boy standing and a shepherd seated. In the centre and left foreground are sheep. Beyond them is seen a landscape, with a castle, and a hill in the distance to the right. [Pendant to 489.] Panel, 13 inches by n inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 1 60). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford. In the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 255. 209. A SHEPHERD WITH HIS FLOCK. Sm. 173. A group of four sheep, three of which stand in a pen while the fourth lies outside. The shepherd reclines in the foreground, with a brass can and a milk-bowl at his side. On the right is a goat lying down. " Painted in the artist's finished manner " (Sm.). Panel, 13^ inches by 26 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 167). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1895^0.43. In the collection of the Duke of Westminster, London, 1888 catalogue, No. 12 ; it was there in 1834 (Sm.). 210. Cows in a Pasture near a River. On a narrow strip of river-bank in shadow, in the foreground, seven cows are grazing ; two of them are lying down. Beyond is a broad river with numerous sailing- boats. The sky is cloudy with a fine effect of light. In the collection of Sir W. Van Home, Montreal, Canada. 211. Cattle in a Pasture by a River. In the foreground is a herd of cattle ; a cowherd and his dog are lying down in front of them. In the right middle distance a man is leading a horse along the river-bank. Farther left, a soldier is watching some fishermen who are pulling in a net. Beyond them are two boats, one with its sails up. Beyond the sailing-boat are two houses on the farther bank. In the far distance, on the extreme left, a town is faintly seen on the horizon. A glowing sunset sky.