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xvi PAULUS POTTER 603 32r. A Young" Bull and Two Cows. One cow is lying down. On the right is a hedge near a tree ; on the tree are some small birds, and others are flying. Sunny. Panel, 14 inches by nj inches. Sale. Amsterdam, October 30, 1823, No. 207. y.d. Three Cows in a Meadow. Panel, 14^ inches by 20^ inches. Sale. P. J. de MarnefFe, Brussels, May 24, 1830, No. 237. 33. A Bull and Two Cows. A black spotted cow lies near a red bull, which stands up. Farther away stands another cow. A village in the distance. Canvas, 29^ inches by 26 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 5, 1833, No. 23 (24.5 florins, Roos). 33#. Three Cows in a Meadow. A red and white spotted cow is on the right. Two others stand on the left near a few trees. Panel, 14 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. J. B. van Lancker, Antwerp, 1835, No. 83 (310 francs, Weber). 33^. Three Cows in a Meadow. In the right foreground lies a white cow. Farther back a brown cow seems to be coming forward. To the left a black and white spotted cow conies down from a wooded hill. In the distance are other cows at pasture. Panel, 18 inches by 21 inches. Sale. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 83 (210 francs). 34. Three Cows in a Meadow. On the left a dull yellow cow stands lacing right. In front of her lies a white cow, and behind this cow is a third. Near them are a tree and a fence. Dark rain-clouds in the sky. Signed on the fence, and dated with illegible figures ; panel, 14 inches by 15 inches. Sale. Dr. van Cleef, Paris, April 4, 1864, No. 73 (2900 francs). 35. THREE COWS ; TWO OF THEM FIGHTING. The third cow, which is black, lies in the grass at the foot of a tree to the right. In the right middle distance are cottages amid trees ; to the left is a view over a pasture with cows. Strong blue tone. Signed in full on a fence to the right ; panel, 13 inches by 17 inches. In the Schonborn collection, 1845 (Parthey, ii. 285). Sale. Count Schonborn - Pommersfclden, Paris, May 17, 1867, No. 95 (29,000 francs, Haro). In the collection of Count Schonborn-Wiesentheid, Pommersfelden, 1874 catalogue, No. 425. 36. A Cow and two Oxen butting 1 one another. Sm. 20, and Suppl. 21 ; W. 104. One ox is grey, the other red. A black cow watches them. In the distance cattle graze on a wide plain, with cottages amid trees. Cloudy sky. [Similar to 37.]