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xvi PAULUS POTTER 615 Canvas, 40 inches by 50 inches. In the Copenhagen Museum, 1866 catalogue, No. 366 ; not now there. 61. Cattle and Sheep in a Meadow. A red spotted bull stands, and a cow and some sheep are lying down, near an old oak, in the fore- ground of a spacious flat landscape. In the distance, at the foot of a hill, is a church tower. Panel, 44 inches by 53^ inches. Sale. J. F. van Vrijberghe van Westenschouwen and others, Amsterdam, January 14, 1867, No. 67 (400 florins). 62. Cattle and Sheep. In the foreground of a wooded landscape. To the right sits a man on a bench. In the left distance is a church tower. [Possibly identical with 56^ and 57.] 9 inches by u inches. Exhibited in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1877, No. 73. Then in the collection of Lady Elizabeth Pringle, London. 63. Cattle and Sheep. On a little hill to the left a black cow is lying and a brown bull standing. Farther back to the right are two sheep and a cow under some willows. In the distance are cattle and horses. Clouds in the sky, with a ray of sunlight. Signed in full, and dated 1647 ; panel, 13^ inches by 15^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1887, No. 90. Then in the collection of G. Darlington Simpson, London. 63*7. An Ox and Three Sheep. The ox stands on the right near a leafless willow. The sheep lie to the left. Panel, 10 inches by 13 inches. Sale. A. Baehner, Cologne, September 30, 1889, No. 107. 63^. Cows, Sheep, and other Cattle. In a meadow near willows. Signed on a plank to the right ; canvas, 19^ inches by 25^ inches. Sale. Countess Reigersberg, Cologne, October 15, 1890, No. 120. 64. Cows and Sheep in a Meadow. W. 58. Three cows, two of which are lying down, while the third stands, on a bank near two willows. On the right is another cow, with some sheep. In the distance is a pasture, with a town. Signed in full, and dated 1650 ; panel, 26 inches by 33! inches. Waagen, Suppl. 391, describes a picture in the Everett collection, 1857, which is probably identical with this, though he mentions another cow standing and an ox, and gives the dimensions as 25 inches by 28 inches. Waagen adds that there are three sheep. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1886, No. 82. In the collection of Joseph Everett, Heytesbury. Sale. Alexander Boyle and others, London, June 25, 1898, No. 70. 65. COWS AND GOATS. On a road in the centre foreground stands a cow facing right. Behind it to the left is the head of another cow. Behind to the right lie two goats. In the left foreground, at the