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660 PAULUS POTTER SECT. 167*7. Landscape with a Goose and Ducks. Sale. C. Alexandra de Calonne, London, March 26, 1795, No. 70

155.) see Buchanan, i. 239.

. A Cowshed. Sale. Jan Agges, Amsterdam, August 16, 1702 (Hoet, i. 68), No. 65 (38 florins 10). 167*-. A Cowshed. A very fine effect of sunlight. 13 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. Coenraad Baron Droste, The Hague, July 21, 1734 (Hoet, i. 428), No. 82 (25 florins). A Cowshed with Cows. inches by 9 inches. Sale. Hendrik van der Vugt, Amsterdam, April 27, 1745 (Hoet, ii. 159), No. 36 (23 florins 10). 167*. Two Cows in a Shed. One stands; the other is lying down. Farther back is a woman with a milk-pail. On the reverse of the copper plate is engraved " Adam and Eve in Paradise." Copper, 3 inches by 4 inches. Sale. M. de Jongh, widow of P. J. van Oosthuyse van Rijsenburg, The Hague, October 18, 1847, No. 174. i6jf. A Cow in a Shed. Panel, 24 inches by 28 J inches. Sale. J. Eduard de Vries, Amsterdam, January 25, 1876, No. 16. 1 68. Six Sheep in a Stall. A peasant feeds them. In front lies a goat near a dog which stands. To the right is a woman with a basket of vegetables. Panel, 18 inches by 25^ inches. Sale. A. J. Brand and D. Kerkhoff, Amsterdam, October 29, 1821, No. 1 15 (750 florins, Brondgeest). 169. THE PIG-STY. Sm. 69; W. 19. Two sows, one lying down and the other squatting behind to the right. In the right fore- ground is a trough. On the left is a door partly unhooked ; beyond is seen a piece of sky, with a tree. On the top of the wooden erection serving as a sty are some straw and various odds and ends. Behind it is the wall of a house. Strongly reminiscent of the picture by Verdoel at Schwerin, but better than that and unquestionably genuine. [Compare the pigs in 106 (Czernin).] [Compare 170.] Signed in full, and dated 1647 > panel, 22 inches by 20 inches. Sale. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 16, 1797, No. 208 (495 florins). In the Hodshon collection, Amsterdam, 1834 (Sm.). Sales. Hodshon Rodl, Amsterdam, April 25, 1872, No. 19 (7700 florins, Oppenheim of Cologne).