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xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 477 In the collection of the Prince de Carignan. Sales. Comte de Selle, Paris, February 19, 1761 (2362 francs, with pendant) see Ch. Blanc, i. 102. Randon de Boisset, Paris, February 8, 1777, No. 137 (7000 francs, Due de Praslin) see Ch. Blanc, i. 360. Due de Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, 1793 (6700 francs, Paillet) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 163. Helsleuter (Van Eyl-Sluyter ?), Paris, 1802 (9901 francs, La Fon- taine) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 209. In the collection of the late Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., 1834 (Sm.). Sale. Sir S. Clarke, Bart., London, 1840 (^798, Seguier). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., London, 1842 (Sm.) ; bought as a whole for the National Gallery, 1871. In the National Gallery, London, No. 868. 70. TWO HERDS OF CATTLE MEETING AT A FORD. Sm. 91. In a shallow pool in front two herds of cattle meet ; near them are sheep and goats. One herdsman, coming from the left, makes for the centre of the middle distance. The other comes down the road with a horseman. To the left is hilly country, with trees and a wooden bridge. To the right is a view over flat country, bounded in the distance by trees. Light clouds in the sky. Signed in full, and dated 1665 according to Waagen, though the catalogue does not mention signature or date ; canvas, 2i inches by 25^ inches. Sale. H. Muilman, Amsterdam, April 12, 1813, No. 160 (1850 florins, Van Eyck). In the Viruly collection, Rotterdam. In the collection of Lord Overstone, London, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 136). In the collection of Lady Wantage, London, 1905 catalogue, No. 244. 71. CATTLE PASSING A FORD. Sm. 119. Cows, with sheep and goats, are being driven through a stream which fills the whole foreground. The herdsman, with a stick in his hand, wades through the water to the left. On the farther bank are a horse and a two-wheeled cart, with a woman in it. On the left is a road lined with trees. In the right distance are low hills. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1671 ; canvas, 14^ inches by 1 6^ inches. In the Electoral Gallery, Munich. In the Aeltere Pinakothek, Munich, 1904 catalogue, No. 491 ; it was there in 1834 (Sm.). 72. LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE PASSING A FORD. A hilly landscape, sparsely wooded. In the left middle distance, some- what high up, are three great oaks. A road leads down past them to a stream in front. At the roadside sits a peasant with a basket on his back. Nearer the front is a herdsman, from whom a horseman inquires the way, pointing with outstretched right arm towards the right distance. In front of the herdsman two cows and eight sheep approach the stream ; one sheep on the left has entered the water. A shepherdess standing in the right