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PAULUS POTTER 659 Hunting the Buffalo. A raging buffalo, lying on the ground, is attacked by dogs. Canvas, 67 inches by 95^ inches. Sale.}. A. Brentano, Amsterdam, May 13, 1822, No. 272 (700 florins). 163^. A Life-Sized Hound attacking a Heron. Signed, P. Potter j canvas, 35 inches by 39^ inches. Sales. Amsterdam, August 4, 1828, No. 106 (90 florins, Brondgeest). C. E. Vaillant and J. Sargenton, Amsterdam, April 19, 1830, No. 71 (50 florins, Chaplin). 163/2. Two Bears attacked by Dogs. Signed, P. Potter ; canvas, 33 inches by 40 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, April i, 1833, No. 142 (6 florins, Wolff). Rotterdam, September 15, 1834, No. 68. 164. A Bear- Hunt. One dog is put out of action. Two others rush at the bear. Signed and dated. Sales. Lord Shaftesbury, London, May 15, 1852 (399, Hickman). P. L. Hinds, London, 1870 (840, Nieuwenhuys). 165. Landscape with Stags. W. 106. Mentioned by Waagen, who thought that the landscape had been painted by another hand. The author does not remember seeing the picture. [Possibly identical with 1 66.] In the collection of Prince Jussupoff, St. Petersburg. 165^. Landscape with Deer. 17! inches by 24 inches. Sale. Count Fraula, Brussels, July 21, 1738 (Hoet, i. 526), No. 89 (19 florins). 165^. Landscape with Red Deer. Sale. H. Elwyn, London, 1806 (178 : IDS., Sir P. C ). 1 66. Deer in the Forest. Sm. Suppl. 23 ; W. ii. 31. The land- scape is by Van der Hagen, according to Sm., who says that the picture had been described to him as "a work of great merit and beauty." [Possibly identical with 165.] Canvas, 28 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Comte F. de Robiano, Brussels, May I, 1837, No. 532 (4000 francs). 167. A Wild Boar in a Landscape. Sm. 78 ; W. ii. 78. To the left is a tree. To the right is a high bank forming a ravine in the centre, with brambles and water-plants, amid which is a wild boar in his lair. On the top of the bank are a buck and a doe. In the distance are trees. Signed, and dated 1650 ; panel, II inches by ii inches. Sales. Thomas Emmerson, London, 1829 (63). D. M'Intosh, London, 1857 (162 : 155., Smart).