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5 2 ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE SECT. pared with I2O (Louvre), dated 1664, it would seem to be later, although the date upon it is genuine. The same composition as 147 (Sm.). Signed in full, and dated 1661 ; panel, 15^ inches by 2O inches. Engraved by Geissler in the Musee Franfais. Sales. La Live de Jully, Paris, 1769 (3100 francs). P. Locquet, Amsterdam, September 22, 1783, No. 374 (2610 florins, Yver). In the collection of Louis XVI., King of France. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2595 ; it was valued by the experts in 1816 (at 16,000 francs). 223. Landscape with Animals. Four sheep and a goat. To the left are a gallows and a fence. In the distance are bluish hills. Not of special importance. The picture reminds one very strongly of Du Jardin, as confirmed by repeated visits. The signature, however, needs investigation. Signed in full on the left, and dated 1659; panel, 7^ inches by 8 inches. In the La Caze collection, Paris ; bequeathed to the Louvre. In the Louvre, Paris, 1903 catalogue, No. 2599. 224. THE WATERING-PLACE. Sm. 77. In the left fore- ground is a stream. A cow stands in the water on the extreme left ; another cow, in profile to the left, is drinking. To the right, behind her, stands a third cow, seen from the back, beside which to the right lie a fourth cow and two lambs. In the right foreground, in shadow, rest a fifth cow and a goat. In the right middle distance a herdsman tries to kiss a shepherdess. Beyond them are a fountain and an archway leading to a ruin. In the left middle distance are banks covered with bushes, in which two men stand listening to the couple. [Compare 243, 266^, and 289.] Signed in full on the fountain, and dated 1669 or 1659, according to the catalogue ; canvas, 12 inches by 16 inches. A copy, catalogued as by Dirck van Bergen signed in full, and dated 1659 ; panel, 12 inches by 16^ inches is in the collection of Freiherr Speck von Sternburg, Liitzschena, 1889 catalogue, No. 192 ; it came from the collection of Prince von Kaunitz, Vienna. Sales. A. van Lennep, Amsterdam, July 24, 1792, No. 2 (2205 florins, Fouquet). Helsleuter (Van Eyl-Sluyter ?), Paris, 1802 (7820 francs). Duval of Geneva, London, May 12, 1846. Comte de Morny, Paris, May 24, 1852, No. 28 (22,500 francs) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 495. Th. Patureau, Paris, April 20, 1857, No. 43. Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 84 (10,000 francs). Prince Demidoff, San Donato, March 15, 1880, No. 1062. In the Dutuit collection, Rouen. In the Petit Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Dutuit bequest, 1907 catalogue, No. 933. 225. CATTLE AND SHEEP WITH A HERDSMAN.