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xvi PAULUS POTTER 145. A Spotted Horse. In a landscape beside a tree, work, according to the sale catalogue. Panel, 12 inches by 9 inches. Sale. The widow of Johan Ph. de Monte, Rotterdam, July 4, 1825, No. 16 (906 florins, Heris). 145*7. A Horse tied to a Pole. Panel, 6 inches by 7 inches. Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May i, 1837, No. 529 (200 francs). 146. A Horse with a Peasant in a Meadow. A dark bay horse lies in the foreground of a meadow. Beside him stands a peasant with a halter. Panel, n inches by io| inches. Sale.]. Bleuland, Utrecht, May 6, 1839, No - z68 ( I2 florins, Lamme). 146*7. Two Horses standing in a Landscape. Panel, 22 inches by 28 inches. Sale. P. de Leeuw and P. Barbiers, Amsterdam, July 1 1, 1843, No. 97*. 146^. Horses in a Landscape. Signed, P. Potter. Sale. A. J. Eymer, Amsterdam, November 3, 1863, No. 223. 146^. A Grey Horse. Panel, 8 inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Paris, March 4, 1897, No. 38. 147. HORSES AT THE WATERING-PLACE. A man in red rides a bay horse into the water, and leads a grey horse with him. Behind him is a stone bridge, on which is a dog ; there are traces of a tree, which has been painted out. On the right two horsemen ride away, while another approaches. Signed in full, and dated 1650 ; panel i8| inches by 1 8 inches. In the Hamburg Kunsthalle, 1887 catalogue, No. 136. 148. Horses at the Watering-Place. Sm. 8, and Suppl. 3 ; W. ii. 3. A hilly landscape with a river on the left and a high bridge of a single arch. Close to the front a cavalier waters his horse. A groom, riding a dappled grey horse and leading a bay, goes down the river-bank ; his horse is somewhat restive. On the bridge are three figures and a dog. To the right are horses on a hill. Signed and dated 1649 ; canvas on panel, 18 inches by 26 inches. Transferred from panel to canvas in 1770 by Pignard, "on which occasion it underwent some reparation in the sky, and other parts were doubtless a little deteriorated ; but, notwithstanding these, it is still a most beautiful work of art, a faithful transcript of nature" (Sm.). Sale. Amsterdam, April 15, 1739 (Hoet, i. 576), No. 17 (68 florins). In the collection of Benjamin da Costa, The Hague, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 468). Sales. B. da Costa, The Hague, August 13, 1764, No. 48 (605 florins). Marquis de Marigny, Paris, 1775.