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xv ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE 553 Behind the fence are trees. In the right foreground is a stream. Beyond is a flat pasture with cattle. In the distance is a row of slender trees. Canvas, 12 inches by 16 inches. Sale. C. Sedelmeyer, Paris, May 25, 1907, No. 183 (1350 francs). 336. HORSES, SHEEP, AND GOATS AT PASTURE. Sm. Suppl. 20. A hilly country, with clumps of trees across the left half of the picture. In the left foreground two fine horses, a grey and a bay, put their heads together. Farther back on the right lie three sheep, with two goats, in a meadow. On the left lies a ram. Farther away a herds- man lies asleep under a tree. A fine clear picture of great beauty. Dated 1657 according to Bode ; canvas, 19 inches by 20 inches. In the Royal collection, Windsor Castle; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at .450). 337. A GLADE IN A WOOD. In a woodland meadow sur- rounded by elms a herd of deer are grazing. A stream flows diagonally across the meadow, and is crossed on the right by a bridge. On the nearer bank, in the centre, a hind drinks at the stream. Opposite her, on the farther bank, a stag lies on the grass. On the same side, farther away, another hind is grazing. Evening ; the lower parts of the tree-tops are in shadow, and only the uppermost branches catch the light of the setting sun. Closely related to 207 (National Gallery, London). Signed in full on the right at foot on a beam of the bridge, and dated 1658 ; panel, io inches by 15 inches. Bought in 1868 by the Frankfort Kunstverein for the gallery. In the Stadel'sches Kunstinstitut, Frankfort-on-Main, 1900 catalogue, No. 320. 338. The " Koekamp " at The Hague with Deer and a Horse. In the middle distance tall trees grow in the great meadow, and shade a large part of the foreground. In front are various plants. Through the tree-trunks is seen the sunlit distance. Stags, roe-deer, and a horse graze on the meadow and drink at a stream. In the Van der Vugt catalogue cows and figures also are mentioned. A masterpiece of the painter's. The " Koekamp " is the open ground at the entrance to the Wood (Bosch), where tame stags and roe-deer may be found to-day. Canvas, 30 inches by 37 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, September 16, 1739 (Hoet, i. 600), No. 24 (40 florins). Guerin, The Hague, September 13, 1740 (Terw. 26), No. 5 (70 florins). Hendrik van der Vugt, Amsterdam, April 27, 1745 (Hoet, ii. 160), No. 51 (17 florins 5). Servad, Amsterdam, June 25, 1778, No. 107 (290 florins, Fouquet). J. Odon, Amsterdam, September 6, 1784, No. 2*. 338*7. Landscape with a Roe- Deer and a Stag in front. Canvas, n inches by 15^ inches. Sale. A. La Coste, Dordrecht, July 10, 1832, No. 80 (22 florins, Onder water van Puttershoek).