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xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 511 On the extreme left a girl carrying milk-pails comes along a road ; a dog runs in front. On the right, farther back, is a cottage amid trees. [Com- pare 214, 332, and 333.] Signed in full on the right at foot, and dated 1658 ; panel, io inches by 8| inches. Sale. Huybert Ketelaar, Amsterdam, June 19, 1776, No. 247 (172 florins, Coders). In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 903 A ; purchased in Berlin, 1853. 1 8 1. A Herdsman's Family. They sit in a ruin guarding their cattle. A little dog barks at a bull. The ascription may be correct, but the picture looks very much like a Dirck van Bergen. It is not well hung, and cannot be definitely judged. Signed in full ; 17^ inches by i inches. In the collection of Louis Andre Gamier, bequeathed to Besancon in 1855. In the Besanfon Museum, 1886 catalogue, No. 481. 182. CATTLE REPOSING. Sm. 104. On the left a woman sits on a bank near a cottage, and a herdsman stands beside her. In front of them are their cattle. In the right foreground a yellowish red and white spotted ox stands in sunlight, in profile to the right. Near it lie three dark cows. To the left are a goat and some sheep. In the distance are dunes. Evening. The landscape reminds one of Dirck van Bergen. Signed in full, and dated 1668 (according to Sm. and Lafenestre) or 1665 (according to Burger) ; canvas, 22 J inches by 28 inches. Sales. The widow of J. Ph. de Monte, Rotterdam, July 4, 1825 (7005 florins, Lamme) an artificial price, according to Sm. Nieuwenhuys, London, May 10, 1833 (,477 : 155., Walmesley bought in, according to Sm.). In the collection of the Due d'Arenberg, Brussels, W. Burger's 1859 cata - logue, No. 62. 183. LANDSCAPE WITH A BLACK AND WHITE BULL. The bull stands in profile to the right in front of a fence. Landscape with trees at the back. Somewhat dark and very strong in tone, according to Burger. Signed in full on the left at foot ; canvas, 9 inches by 14 inches. In the collection of the Due d'Arenberg, Brussels, W. Burger's 1859 cata logue, No. 63. 184. LANDSCAPE. Traces of a signature on the right at foot ; a small picture. In the Georges Rath Museum, Budapest, 1906 catalogue, No. 158. 185. Cattle at Pasture near a Viaduct. Sm. 126. A road runs from the right -foreground and passes under a viaduct in the distance. At the roadside a seated woman converses with a herdsman, seen from the back, who lays his right arm on the back of his grey horse, which is almost in the centre. To the right of the horse a yellowish red spotted cow, in profile to the left, is grazing. Close to the woman lies a red cow. Two