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 vii AELBERT CUYP 99 314*. Cattle and Figures in a River Landscape. Canvas, 32 inches by 42^ inches. Sale. E. J. Stanley and others, London, January 27, 1908, No. 15 (12 : las., Collings). 315. Four Cows lying down. Sm. 81. In a hilly pasture forming the foreground. On a high bank two herdsmen and a girl are conversing ; one man sits with his back to the spectator, while the other stands point- ing to some distant object. A river, on which are many small vessels, traverses the distance. [Possibly identical with 183.] Described by Sm. from an engraving by Lerpeniere. 316. COWS WITH HERDSMEN IN A PASTURE NEAR A CASTLE. On the high bank of a river, in front of some trees and an old castle, a man and a woman let their cows graze. On the river are two boats with persons in them ; in the distance are sailing-boats. The opposite bank is wooded. Signed, A. Cuyp ; canvas, 16 inches by 22| inches. In the Trimolet Museum, Dijon, 1883 catalogue, No. 42. 317. Cattle with a Herdboy near a Castle. Sm. 6. A herd- boy, leaning on a stick, watches cows. On the left is a castle. In the distance are houses. Panel, 19 inches by 17 inches. Sale. Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780 (910 francs). 318. Cattle and Figures in a Landscape near a Ruined Castle. Sm. 74. " A warm and pleasing landscape " (Sm.). Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 319. Sale. Countess of Holderness, London, March 6, 1802, No. 82 (25 : 45., Harris). 318*. Three Cows in a Pasture near a Ruin. One cow stands, the others are lying down, like the herdsman. In the distance beyond the river is Dordrecht. Warm in tone. Canvas, 39 inches by 35 inches. Sale. M. G. Baronesse van Brakell, Amsterdam, December 14, 1820, No. 13 (60 florins, Chaplin). 319. Cattle in a Pasture near the Castle of Brederode. Sm. 258 and Suppl. 42. A gentleman with his back to the spectator sits in the foreground, conversing with the herdsman who stands near, leaning on his stick. Behind him are three cows near a ruin. A river traverses the middle distance ; on the farther bank is a castle partly concealed by a few bushy trees. It is evening, and rain is threatening. " The style of the execution, and the effect of this picture, might suggest an idea that the artist had the works of Rembrandt in his eye when he painted it " (Sm.). Canvas, 40 inches by 54 inches. Sale. Lady Hampden, London, April 16, 1834 (jno : 55., J. Woodin).