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 140 AELBERT CUYP SECT. Sale. Due de Morny, Paris, May 31, 1865, No. 41 (4650 francs) ; said in the catalogue to have been in the Pierard collection, doubtless through being confused with No. 39 (455). 456*. Cattle, Horsemen, and others in a River Landscape. By Cuyp or in his manner. Panel, n inches by 14 inches. Sale. H. A. Haarsma, Amsterdam, October 8, 1867, No. 19 (no florins, Engelberts). 457. A Gentleman on Horseback. Sm. Suppl. 12. A hilly landscape near a river. On the right a road leads over a high hill. A gentleman with a scarlet cloak, mounted on a grey horse, has ridden down this road to a pool in the foreground. Two other horsemen are on the top of a hill ; near them is a shepherd with his flock. Three peasants are on the hillside. Trees extend across the middle distance at the base of a hill. On the left is a view of a wooded country. A fine summer morning. " An example of the highest excellence " (Sm.). Canvas, about 26 inches by 32 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 452.) Sold by the picture-cleaner Brown to Edmund Foster, of Clewer, 1839 3 o). Sale. Richard Foster, Clewer Manor, June 3, 1876 (5040, Rutter). 458. Gentlemen watering their Horses in a River, and Herds- men with Cattle. Sm. Suppl. 35. A spacious river-landscape with hills. In the centre foreground are two armed cavaliers. One, with a brown cloak over his cuirass, sits on a grey horse on the river-bank. The other rides a bay horse which he is watering, near some ducks. In the right foreground a herdsman in a red jacket, with a dog, is tending four cows, three of which are lying down near a stream. Farther away are two roadside cottages sheltered by trees ; the farther one is an inn, at which a hawker with a tilt-cart drawn by one horse has halted, and is conversing with the hostess. Another man, leaving the house, comes forward. The road leads along the foot of some hills to a town with walls and towers beside the river. A fine summer morning ; light clouds in a blue sky. " It is impossible to commend too highly this beauitful work of art ; the masterly execution displayed in every part, the science evinced in the arrangement of objects and forms, and the wonderful and lovely gradation of tints and atmospheric truth, justly entitle it to the first rank among his best productions " (Sm.). Signed, A. cuyp ; canvas, 49 inches by 88 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (iii. 224). Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1880, No. 114. Bought (?by Martin) from the dealer Desenfans, about 1796 (367 : los. ; valued by Sm., 1842, at 1500 or 2000). In the collection of J. Martin, Ham Court, 1842 (Sm.) and 1854. In the collection of G. E. Martin, 1880. 4580. Landscape with Figures. On the right is a road, along which a horseman advances. Farther back are a shepherd and a shepherdess