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xvi PAULUS POTTER 653 forward at full gallop. On the right a white and red spotted cow, in profile to the left, is grazing. Behind it to the right lies another. Signed in full on the left, and dated 1650 ; panel, io| inches by 15 inches. Exhibited in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1882, No. 104. In the collection of the Earl of Kilmorey. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 106. In the collection of C. T. Yerkes, Chicago, and later New York ; but not in the sale of 1910. 151. THE OLD GREY HUNTER. In the left foreground, under a tree with scanty foliage at the roadside, a sportsman lies asleep. He holds in his right hand the rein of a saddled grey horse which stands to the right of him in profile to the left. A dog lies asleep at the man's feet, in the immediate foreground. To the right is a piece of fencing with some plants. In the hilly distance is another sportsman with two dogs. Signed in full on the fence (and dated 1656, according to Waagen, which is impossible) ; panel, 12^ inches by io| inches. Saks. Earl of Clare, London, 1864 (94 : ios., Johnson). W. Delafield, London, April 28, 1870 (74, Pearce). In the Wynn Ellis collection, bequeathed in 1876 to the National Gallery. In the National Gallery, London, 1911 catalogue, No. 1009. A Horseman in a Landscape. Sale. Amsterdam, July n, 1714 (Hoet, i. 176), No. 15 (22 florins 15). 151^. A Horseman and Cows. 22 inches by 27 inches. Sale. Johan van der Hulk, Dordrecht, April 23, 1720 (Hoet, i. 250), No. 28 (63 florins). 1 5 if. A Man on a Grey Horse. Riding through a sandy park. A small picture. S a l e , F. J. O. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 181 1, No. B. 76. 151^. A Horseman. With two herdsmen and some cows in a hilly landscape. Canvas, 26^ inches by 34 inches. Sale. _ J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June i, 1829, No. 95 (200 florins, bought in). 152. A Man on a Bay Horse. Sm. Suppl. 19. The bay horse with a white patch on its forehead stands in profile in the foreground of a flat landscape. The man, who wears an old Dutch costume with a buff coat, and holds his hat in his right hand, looks round with a smile at the spectator. "Painted in a broad and free style" (Sm.). Panel, n| inches by 16 inches. Srf/,._Twisk, Amsterdam, October 3, 1837, No. 36 (725 florins, Steen- gracht). In the Steengracht collection, The Hague, 1842 (Sm.) ; but not now there.