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 I5 o AELBERT CUYP SECT. his right hand on his hip. In the right foreground are two hunting-dogs. Beyond them is a hilly landscape with two shepherds tending sheep. A fine summer morning. It is warm in tone, and dates from the master's maturity ; but it is not as fine in quality as the " Herd of Cows resting " in the same collection (332). Canvas, 47^ inches by 6o inches. Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 77 (602 florins not 607 florins as stated in the Louvre catalogue). In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2342 ; it was there in 1816, and was then valued at 20,000 francs (Sm.). 491. THE RIDING PARTY (or, A Sporting Party). Sm. 1 8. Three horsemen come riding from the left out of a copse. The middle man, in profile to the right, turns his head towards the spectator. He rides a dappled-grey horse, and wears a blue costume, long riding-boots, and a sort of white turban. His companion to the right, on a chestnut horse, is seen full face j he wears a black velvet coat with gold lace and buttons, long riding-boots, and a plumed cap ; he turns his head as if speaking to the man in the centre. Behind this man, to the left, is a young groom in red on a dark bay horse ; a forester standing near with two dogs hands him a partridge. On the right of the picture is a meadow in a valley with cows reposing. At the foot of a hill two riders have dismounted in front of a house, near the ruins of a round tower. " Painted in the artist's most esteemed manner " (Sm.). Canvas, 46^ inches by 72^ inches. The statements in the Louvre inventories of the Empire and the Restoration that the head of the central figure was painted by Metsu, and that it was a portrait of a Prince of Orange, are incorrect. Engraved by Lavalle in the Muste Fran fats. Sales. P. J. Geelhand, Antwerp, July 5, 1784, No. 2 not in that of J. van der Linden van Slingeland, 1785, as stated by Sm. and the Louvre catalogue. Clermont d'Amboise, Paris, 1790 (5000 francs). In the Louvre, Paris, 1902 catalogue, No. 2343 ; it was there in 1816, and was then valued at 50,000 francs (Sm.). 492. TWO HORSEMEN. With a groom and dogs. To the right an open stable door ; to the left a landscape. Formerly in the collection of the late Rodolphe Kann, Paris ; it had passed away from this collection before the sale to Duveen Brothers, the London dealers, August 1907. 493. Two Cavaliers on Horseback. At the foot of a rock. One man is on a grey horse. Near him is a man with a sword in a belt, and a dog. Farther to the right, in the background, another horseman draws rein. In the distance is a ruined town. Blue sky. Copper, 9 inches by 8 inches. In the collection of Jules Porges, Paris. 494. Three Cavalrymen on Horseback. With a man on foot they are coming forward, along a road leading past a wooded hill. One,