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S i 4 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. turned towards the shepherd, who sits to the right on the side of the trough, resting his arms on an overturned vase lying diagonally over the basin. Leafy trees surround the group, near which, in the foreground, rest some of the flock. To the left are a dog and a sheep ; to the right are two sheep, two lambs, and a goat. Signed in full on the outside of the basin, and dated 1668 ; panel, 8 inches by 10 inches. In the collection of J. F. Stadel (who died 1816), Frankfort-on-Main. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort-on-Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 319 ; it was there in 1834 (Sm., who valued it at 105). 196. Landscape with Cattle and Sheep. Near a tree on a hill to the left is a group of cows and sheep. In the right distance, beyond a meadow, is a village. Blue sky with dark clouds. Canvas, 22 inches by 20 inches. Exhibited in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 140. In the collection of Earl Howe, Gopsall. 197. A HIGH HILL WITH TWO COWS AND TWO SHEEP. One cow stands up and the other is lying down ; the sheep are lying down also. On a hill near stands an old man. Blue sky with some clouds. [Pendant to 198.] Panel, 9 J inches by 1 1 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1889, No. 67. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House. 198. LANDSCAPE WITH COWS. Not so delicate in tone as the pendant, 197. Panel, 9! inches by 1 1 inches. In the collection of the Earl of Wemyss, Gosford House. 199. A HERDSMAN WITH TWO COWS IN A FLAT PASTURE. In the right foreground a reddish-brown cow is grazing, in profile to the right. The herdsman, wearing a hat, sits on the ground to the right of it. To the left of the cow, farther back, lies a greyish- brown cow, with a sheep in front of it. Signed in full on the left at foot, and dated 1658 but 1650, according to the catalogue ; panel, 5 inches by 7^ inches. In the collection of J. Amsinck, Hamburg, bequeathed to the Kunsthalle in 1879. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 184. 200. AN ITALIAN LANDSCAPE WITH A BROWN COW AND SHEEP. In the foreground of a pasture are a brown cow and several sheep. On the right a herdsman with a stick rests on a rock. At his feet is a girl in a red bodice, a white chemisette, and a blue skirt. To the left, in front of an old wall, are goats and sheep. Bushes ; hills in the distance. Apparently retouched in the sky and on the girl's left foot. Panel, 7^ inches by 10 inches.