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 vii AELBERT CUYP 123 the right. One man rides on an ass ; the other walks at his right. In the centre, among the cows, a woman rides on another ass. In the right foreground are two tall and slender trees. Fine warm sunlight. A good, if not first-rate, example of the master's maturity. [Compare 314.] Signed, in the left-hand bottom corner, A. cuijp ; canvas, 43^ inches by 40^ inches. Sale. G. van der Pot, Rotterdam, June 6, 1808 (3860 florins, Stratenfus for the Rijksmuseum). In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 745. 408. MAN WITH COWS IN THE SUNLIT DUNES. By a road to the right is a cottage. In the middle distance to the left is a well, near two ruined huts. In the foreground a man drives four cows along the road. An early picture. Signed, in the left-hand bottom corner, A. cuijp ; panel, 19^ inches by 28^ inches. Mentioned by Parthey (i. 722). In the Suermondt collection, Aachen. In the Kaiser Friedrich .Museum, Berlin, 1904 catalogue, No. S6la. 409. HERDSMEN DRIVING THEIR CATTLE. Sm. 132. Along a road, bounded on one side by rocks and bordered on the other side by high trees, are a farmer on a piebald horse and a herdsman driving four cows. Behind them a man and woman are driving sheep. Farther away, along the road, an old man leads an ass on which sits a young woman with a child in her arms. On the opposite side is a river bordered by hills on which are houses. A brilliant sunset. " This is a studied and highly-finished production " (Sm.). Panel, 26 inches by 35^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. no), and by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 321. In the collection of the King of Poland. Sales. Servad, Amsterdam, June 25, 1778, No. 48 (560 florins, Yver). Prince Talleyrand, Paris, July 7, 1817 the entire collection bought beforehand by W. Buchanan. Bought by John Webb (Sm., and valued at ^1050). In the collection of Alexander Baring, 1834 (Sm.) ; he bought it from Buchanan (for 1650). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange ; purchased as a whole by the London dealers, Messrs. Thomas Agnew, August 1907. 410. LANDSCAPE WITH SHEPHERDS DRIVING SHEEP. Sm. 90. A road, shaded by old trees, leads from the left distance to the right foreground. Along the road comes a flock of sheep, preceded to the right by a shepherd playing a flute. In the centre a woman rides on a pack-ass ; beside her to the right are a man and another shepherd, who carries a stick in his left hand and points with the right towards the spectator, while he turns his head to the left. Behind the foremost tree on the left a boy, carrying a basket on a stick over his shoulder, and holding two dogs in a leash behind him, walks along with