xvi PAULUS POTTER 647 Purchased at Groningen, 1833 (for 400 florins). In the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam, 1834 ( not tnat f Six, as Sm. wrongly states). 134. Eight Dogs. Sm. 50 ; W. 64. In the hall of a mansion are eight fine dogs, of the pug variety. Two are on a blue velvet cushion on a chair. Two others stand close to the front. A third pair are at play near a door on the right, through which is seen the distant landscape. A " highly studied and carefully finished work " (Sm.). Signed, and dated 1649 ; 46 inches by 59 inches. A similar picture, of the same dimensions, signed and dated 1649, but with a green cushion, was in the sale : L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, August 7, 1811, No. 60 (2950 florins, Roos, bought in). Another picture, with a red cushion, was in the sale: Jurriaans, Amsterdam, August 28, 1817, No. 48 (noo florins, De Vries). Sale. Paris, 1803 (7152 francs). In the collection of the Marquis de Forbin-Janson, Paris, 1834 (Sm.).
- . A Dalmatian Dog. Standing beside a balustrade.
Panel, 7 inches by 7^ inches. Sale. T. A. Van Iddekinge, Amsterdam, April 25, 1838, No. 22 (65 florins, Kuypers). 134^. Two Greyhounds. Growling at each other. Panel, I2| inches by n inches. Sale. Utrecht, September 22, 1851, No. 122. 134^. English Dogs. Panel, 7 inches by 9 inches. In the collection of J. Gavard, Stuttgart, 1859 (Parthey, ii. 284). 135. TWO DOGS AND A CAT. W. 21. On an overturned chair is a brown and yellow striped cat in profile to the left. She watches two small white spaniels ; one of them barks at the cat, while the other rests on a green velvet cushion. Signed in full to the right on a cross-bar of the chair, and dated 1652 ; canvas, 36 inches by 41 1 inches. There is a Dutch poem of the year 1782 with the title (translated) " On a piece of painting, representing a cat sitting on an overturned chair, a barking spaniel, and another spaniel seated on a cushion." Exhibited at Amsterdam, 1867, No. 156. Sale. Van den Berch van Heemstede, Van Taak Trakranen, and others, Amsterdam, July 7, 1903, No. 103 (4400 florins, Johnson). In the collection of John G. Johnson, Philadelphia. 136. THE RABBIT WARREN. Sm. 65, and Suppl. 25 ; W. 38. A fine sandy landscape, rising to the right, with a willow in the centre, bushes to the left, and slender trees to the right. In the left foreground stands an ass, seen in a three-quarter view, almost in profile, to the left. Behind it lies another ass in a hedge. To the right lies a goat with two kids at play. In the centre, farther back, a rabbit sits at the mouth of a burrow. On the right lies another goat. In the middle distance a goat
