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 vii AELBERT CUYP 113 old man, a young peasant woman, and a young man with a broad brimmed hat. Warm evening sunlight. A very good picture ; but the type of woman is unusual, and the cracks on the surface disturb the effect. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, A. Cuyp; panel, 17 inches by 1 6 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 138). In the collection of Lord Overstone, London, 1857. In the collection of Lady Wantage, London, 1902 catalogue, No. 56. 374. A COW BEING MILKED. Sm. Suppl. 59. In the fore- ground, on the bank of a placid stream flowing to the left, a woman in a red bodice sits milking a black-and-white cow, which stands on the right and faces three-quarters right. A little way off, on the left, are two large brass milk-cans. Behind them are three other cows ; one turns towards the river on the left, the second is half-hidden by the first, and the third goes up the sloping bank to the right. There are boats on the river, and houses on the farther bank. A blue sky with light clouds. Signed, A. Cuyp ; panel, i8 inches by 29 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1893, No. 59, by the Earl of Lichfield. Sale. Earl of Lichfield, Shugborough Hall, August 1842 (441, J. Woodin) according to Sm. ; but as the picture was exhibited by the Earl of Lichfield in 1893, it must have been bought in. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1894, No. 3. In the collection of Sir Julius Wernher, London. 375. Three Cows in a Pasture. One is being milked by a girl. In the distance is Dordrecht. Signed, A. Cuyp j panel, 23 inches by 28^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1882, No. 90, by Lord Kilmorey. In the collection of the Earl of Kilmorey, Morne Park, Kilkeel, County Down, Ireland. 376. Cows in a Pasture with a Milkmaid. Sm. Suppl. 51. To the right is hilly country with a few trees ; to the left is a stream, on the edge of which an old eel-basket lies among the rushes, near some ducks and a stork. In the pasture are three cows, one of which is being milked by a woman in red. Another cow is lying down. A dog crouches near a brass milk-can in the foreground. Farther away, four cows are drinking in the stream. Signed ; canvas, 43 inches by 70 inches. In the collection of R. R. Reinagle. In the Ricketts collection, Bristol, 1834 (Sm.). In the collection of George A. Hearn, exhibited on loan in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1905 catalogue, No. 307. 377. Milking-Time. In a pasture near Dordrecht, which is seen in the left distance, a girl is milking a brown cow, which stands almost in profile to the right. To the left, behind this cow and in a similar position, VOL. II I