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 vii AELBERT CUYP 121 399. Five Cows drinking at a River. Sm. 61. The river fills the greater part of the picture. Sunset. Panel, 13 inches by 15 inches. Sales. Destouches, Paris, March 21, 1794 (396 francs). John Trumbull, London, February 17, 1797 (48). 400. Cows by a River. On a little strip of land projecting into a placid river is a group of cows. A fine and broadly-painted picture. Canvas, i8 inches by 23 inches. Sale. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 1811, No. D. 14. 401. Four Cows by a River. Sm. 123. In a pasture by the Maas are four cows, one of which is drinking. To the left is a hill with trees, under which two herdsmen are resting. Panel, 12 inches by 16 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, ii. 292. Sale. Clos, Paris, November 1 8, 1812 (1910 francs). 401*. Five Cows by a Placid Stream. By Cuyp or in his manner. 32 inches by 38 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 6, 1816, No. 40. 402. Four Cows in the Water. Sm. 114. A hilly landscape with a large piece of water on the right, in which four cows are standing. In the middle distance a shepherd in a red jacket, with his dog by his side, is tending three sheep and three cows. In the foreground lies a fisherman's eel-basket ; a stork stands partly hidden among the water-plants. " This picture has been considerably worked on by Sir F. Bourgeois, to whom it formerly belonged, and this alone is the cause of its being sold for so small a price (in 1829) " (Sm.). [Pendant to 337.] 45 inches by 69 inches. In the collection of Sir F. Bourgeois, who died in 1811. Sales. Sir Philip Stephens, London, May 17, 1810 (1050). Lord Ranelagh, London, 1822 (840) ; and May 15, 1829 (78: 'SO- 403. Cows watering. Five cows in a pasture by a river ; one is drinking. Sale. Lord Northwick, Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, July 26, 1859, No. 26(^21, Collins). 4030. Three Cows by a River. Beside a placid stream are three cows. In the centre a black-and-white spotted cow stands in the water, from which it has been drinking. A black cow, with its head to the spectator, stands drinking, farther away. A brown cow lies down on the left. The cows are illumined by the rays of the setting sun. To the right is a large tree, the lowest branch of which is broken. Signed in the centre at foot, A. Cuyp ; canvas, 35^ inches by inches. Sale. H. D. Roussel, Brussels, May 23, 1893, No. 44.