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 102 AELBERT CUYP SECT. 331. HERDSMEN PLAYING PIPE AND FLUTE, WITH THEIR HERDS. To the right by a road are three herdsmen. The foremost, with his back to the spectator, lies at full length on the ground. To the left behind him another man sits, facing the spectator and playing the bagpipes. The third, a younger man, sits turned three-quarters right, wearing a large shepherd's hat ; he is playing a flageolet. On the extreme right, in front of a tree with scanty foliage, two cows look on. In the middle distance are four sheep ; in the centre foreground a little black-and-white dog is barking. In the distance is a river, on the farther bank of which are houses. A warm sky. Signed on the right ; canvas, 35^ inches by 47 inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1894, No. 5. In the collection of Mrs. C. P. Huntington, New York. 332. A HERD OF COWS RESTING, WITH A HERDS- MAN PLAYING THE FLUTE. Sm. 259. A landscape which rises to a hill in the right middle distance, while on the left is a view over a placid river towards a distant tower resembling that of Utrecht Cathedral, and the outline of a Dutch town with two windmills. In the left foreground a herdsman sits on a stone ; he is seen almost full face, but turns slightly to the right. He wears knee-breeches, leaving his legs bare, and has a hat on his head ; he is playing a flute. At his left is his stick. To his right stand a little boy and girl, who listen to the music and stroke a dog which crouches before them. In the centre and to the right of the foreground are six cows, standing or lying down. Behind them are two trees. On the rising ground to the right are three shepherds with a flock of sheep. In the extreme right fore- ground are large-leaved plants. A fine summer day. This is a picture of very good quality, the best of the Cuyps in the Louvre. [Compare 312 and 490.] Signed in the left-hand bottom corner, A. CUYP j canvas, 68 inches by 91 inches. In the collection of King Louis XVI. of France. In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2341. 333. A Shepherd playing the Pipe. With his flock of sheep and goats resting near him. On a hill are some cows near a cottage. Panel, 1 1 inches by 9^ inches. Sale. (Supplementary) J. van der Velden, Amsterdam, December 3, 1881, No. 96 (14 florins 10, Winter). 334. A Herdsman playing the Flute, with a Herdwoman and a Herd. In a fine landscape, a herdwoman sits near sheep, cows, and other animals. In front of her a herdsman is playing the flute. Canvas, 16 inches by 24 inches. Sale. A. de Pester, Antwerp, 2 Fructidor 1800, No. 33 (14 francs). 335. Cows, with a Herdsman playing the Bagpipes. Sm. 69. In the right foreground are four cows, three of them lying down,