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xvi PAULUS POTTER 607 four cows. One of them, a brownish cow, stands on the top of a hill, while the others are lying down. In a distant meadow are more cattle. Cloudy sky. Signed, and dated 1653 ; panel, 13 inches by 1 6 inches. In the Caraman collection, Vienna, 1834 (Sin.) ; he had bought it in Italy (for 15,000 francs). Sale. Caraman of Vienna, Paris, April 6, 1 840. 44<z. Four Oxen in front of a Farm. Three stand and one is lying down. Signed, and dated 1653. Sale. W. Williams Hope, London, June 14, 1849 (.617). 44^. Two Bulls and Two Cows in a Meadow. On the left, beside a tree, stands a white and red spotted bull. In front lies a cow, behind which stands a red cow. To the right is a black and white bull. A spacious pasture with a mansion in the distance. Panel, 19! inches by 26 inches. Sales. John P. Anderson, London, May 15, 1847 G75, Cooper). O. E. Coope, London, May 6, 1910, No. 69. 45. SEVEN COWS IN A PASTURE. Sm. 44, and Suppl. 24 ; W. ii. 13. On the left, near an old oak, lies a red cow facing right. On the right, upon a little bank, is a yellow and white spotted cow. Behind it stands a young bull, almost in profile to the left, which is bellowing. Near the bull, to the left, lies a dark ox ; while to the right is another, behind which are two oxen butting each other. In the distance peasants ride away in a waggon drawn by two horses. On the horizon is a church tower amid trees. A gleam of sunshine, bursting from a cloudy sky, partly illumines the foreground : the rest is in shadow. " This capital production is painted throughout with the most elaborate care" (Sim). Signed, and dated 1654; panel, 14^ inches by 21 inches. In the collection of Count van Wassenaar-Obdam, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 402). Sales. Due de Choiseul-Praslin, Paris, February 18, 1793 (28,200 francs, Le Brun the younger) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 161. Robit, Paris, 1801 (29,700 francs) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 193. In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, offered for private sale in London, 1834 (priced at 1500, but not sold). Sales. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 38 (37,000 francs, Prince Demidoff) see Ch. Blanc, ii. 424. Prince Demidoff of San Donate, Paris, April 18, 1868, No. 10 (112,000 francs, De Rothschild). In the collection of the late Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Paris. 45*7. Cows in a Meadow near a Farm. 9 inches by i inches. Sale. Rotterdam, September 20, 1756 (Terw. 159), No. 7 (105 florins). Cattle in a Meadow. Four are near a tree in front. Houses in the distance. [Pendant to 116.]