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 vii AELBERT CUYP 157 foreground ; the horse is in profile to the left. The other man sits, almost facing the spectator, on a dun-coloured horse, on the left, and is seen dark against the light sky. Nearer the front are a spotted greyhound and a boy with a stick over his right shoulder ; the boy, seen in a side view, is looking up at the horsemen. Beyond them stretches a flat landscape. This picture resembles in many respects the Steengracht picture (546). [Compare also 504.] Signed in the right-hand bottom corner, A. Cuijp ; panel, ii inches by 1 8 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1892, No. 8 1, by Sir George Stirling, Bart. In the collection of Charles Heusch, 1834 (Sm.). Sale. Charles Heusch, London, 1843. In the collection of Sir George Stirling, Bart., London, 1877. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1896, No. 5. In the collection of Henri Heugel, Paris. 516. TWO HORSEMEN BEFORE AN INN. One man in red has unsaddled his dappled-grey horse, and is tying it up. The other man is doing the same for his bay horse. Of the inn only the sign, inscribed " In den haen," is to be seen. In the centre is a black-and- white dog. In the distance is an artist, with his back to the spectator, sketching the broad river-valley. To the right is a high cliff. A work of the master's maturity. Signed in full in the centre at foot ; panel, i8 inches by 11 inches, or the reverse. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. 517. TRAVELLERS HALTING AT AN INN. Three horsemen have halted at an inn, the wall of which is just visible on the right, while the sign, a white swan, hangs from a pole stretching across the picture. Two of the men have dismounted. One sits on a tree- trunk in the foreground, pulling up his left boot. His grey horse, in profile to the left, stands to the left of him. Behind this horse is the second rider's horse, also in profile to the left ; the man stands behind it, in the act of mounting ; only part of his head and legs are visible. Both horses are held by a boy with a big hat, who stands in the centre, facing the spectator. The third rider has mounted, and is seen with his back to the spectator, on the right, behind the grey. A young girl beside him hands up to him a half-filled glass ; she has a pewter pot in her left hand. In the left foreground are an overturned sieve and a waggon-wheel. Diagonally across the middle distance flows a stream. On the nearer bank are three cows lying down and one standing up. On the other side, another river with a town on its bank flows into the main stream. On the tongue of land between the rivers are buildings. Signed, A. Cuijp ; canvas, 24^ inches by 33^ inches. Sale. Duke of Marlborough, London, June 26, 1886, No. 10 (^1837 : los., M. Colnaghi).