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 126 AELBERT CUYP SECT. the way. On the left is a herd of cows and sheep with two herdsmen on the bank of the river ; in the middle distance a man in red drives three cows across a bridge with three arches. From the bridge comes another horseman riding past a clump of four tall and slender trees ; he is dressed in dull blue and rides a chestnut horse. In the distance is a large town with many towers. In the extreme left foreground is a dog in shadow. A fine summer morning. This is one of the best pictures by Cuyp on the Continent. [Compare 462.] Signed in full in the right-hand bottom corner ; canvas, 40 inches by 64 inches (39 inches by 62 J inches, according to the 1872 catalogue ; 38 inches by 63 inches, according to the 1894 catalogue). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1872, No. 157, and 1894, No. 56. Safes. John Knight, London, 1819 (987, bought in), and 1821 (945, bought in). London, 1840 (997 : ios., Arteria). In the collection of Edmund Higginson, Saltmarshe Castle, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Edmund Higginson, London, 1860 (1575, White). In the collection of Joseph Bond, 1872, who lent it to the Academy. In the possession of the London dealer C. J. Wertheimer, 1894, who lent it to the Academy. In the collection of Comte Boni de Castellane. In the possession of the Paris dealers F. Kleinberger and Wildenstein. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. 416. HERDSMAN DRIVING COWS OVER A BRIDGE. -In the foreground is a river. Across it, in the middle distance, is a drawbridge leading to a castle. Over the bridge a man drives three cows to the left. On the edge of the water, in the left foreground, are three other cows. A boat with two men is on the river near. In the distance are houses and hills. A clear sky with clouds ; afternoon. Signed, A. Cuyp ; panel, 18 inches by 22^ inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1893, No. 57 ; and at the Rembrandt Exhibition of Fred. Muller and Co., Amsterdam, 1906, No. 28. In the collection of the Earl of Lichfield, 1893. In the collection of A. Lehmann, Paris. 417. COWS BEING DRIVEN OVER A LITTLE BRIDGE. In the left distance are the towers of a town, apparently The Hague. In the collection of the late Baron Ferdinand von Rothschild, Waddesdon Manor. 418. Herdsman driving Cows over a Bridge. Sm. 34. A hilly landscape with clumps of trees. In the centre are a road and a bridge, over which a peasant drives several cows. Panel, i8 inches by 28 inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 100 (327 florins, Beekman). 418*. A Herd of Cows crossing a Bridge.