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 n8 AELBERT CUYP SECT. 388. HERDSMEN WATERING CATTLE IN THE RHINE. To the right, by the steep bank of the Rhine, a couple of herdsmen are watering cattle. There are boats on the river. On the left bank in the distance is a town. Full sunshine. Of the master's best period, about 1660. A precisely similar composition, on a somewhat larger scale, is at Rotterdam (397). Panel, 12 inches by 15^ inches. In the SchOnborn collection, Vienna, 1866. In the Suermondt collection, Aachen. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1904 catalogue, No. 86 h. 389. COWS DRINKING AT A RIVER, AND SHEP- HERDS WITH A FLOCK OF SHEER In a river with a wooded bank, five cows stand drinking in the left foreground. A sixth cow is lying down, to the right, on a road leading up a hill. Along this road two horsemen are riding away in the middle distance. Farther left, in the middle distance, on the slope of the road, three shepherds let their sheep graze. On the extreme right is a tree by the road. A clear golden evening sky. Of the master's early period. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, A. cuijp ; panel, 21 inches by 29^ inches. Exhibited at DUsseldorf, 1904, No. 296. Sale. D. Sellar of London, Paris, June 6, 1889, No. 12. In the collection of Karl von der Heydt, Berlin. 390. COWS IN A STREAM. Sm. 170. Five brown or black cows stand, to the left, in the shallow margin of a placid river. The foremost, on the right of the group, and with its tail to the spectator, is drinking. In the right distance is the opposite bank with bushes j to the left is a village church. On the river, to the right, are sailing- boats. Sunset after rain. One of Cuyp's best pictures on the Continent. [Compare 396.] Signed on the left, A. cuijp ; canvas, 23^ inches by 29^ inches. Mentioned by Parthey (i. 723). In the collection of Prince Esterhazy, Vienna, 1834 (Sm.). In the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 1906 catalogue, No. 587 (old No. 408). 391. RIVER SCENE WITH CATTLE. Sm. 164. In the right centre, below the steep bank of a broad and placid river, five cows stand in the shallow water. The herdsman sits on the shore to the right. On the left is a boat with two anglers. In the middle distance are small sailing-boats, and beyond them is the opposite shore with trees. A fine sunny evening after a showery day. A "charming picture" (Sm.). Signed, A. Cuyp ; panel, 18 inches by 29 inches. Sold by Sm. to Joseph Barchard, 1822 (.420). Sold by Sm. to Sir Robert Peel, Bart., before 1834. Purchased with the Peel collection, 1871, for the National Gallery. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 823. 392. A HERD OF COWS IN A RIVER. Sm. 197. In the