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 j8o AELBERT CUYP SECT. 605. A RIDING-SCHOOL IN THE OPEN AIR. Sm. 28.- On the right are four horsemen. In front of them is a grey horse with a rider in a red coat. On the left a horse is being ridden round. There are other figures. In the distance is an old castle near a river, trees, and a hill. [Similar in style to 614. Compare 40.] Panel, 14^ inches by 19 inches. Sales. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 88 (470 florins, Roos). (Probably) Amsterdam, July 1 1, 1798, No. 24 (101 florins, with No. 23 (594^), Gruyter). In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 296 (old No. 13). 606. Identical with 537. 607. A RIDING-SCHOOL IN THE OPEN AIR. In the centre a man in brown sits on a grey horse, which rears up with its head to the left. A little dog barks at the horse. Behind it, a cavalier in blue rides forward on a bright bay. Behind him is a groom on a dark-brown horse, with his back to the spectator. On the extreme left, a cavalier in red on a bay gallops off. In the centre is a large tree. In the distance to the right is a castle with lofty towers. Canvas, 17^ inches by 14 inches. In the collection of Jules Forges, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. 608. A RIDING-SCHOOL IN A STABLE. In a large interior, like a stable, with a window high up to the right on the bare wall at the back, a horseman stands on the left behind his grey horse, which is in profile to the right. The man turns his head to the right, where, some- what farther back, a cavalier rides a dark horse round a pole on the extreme right. Between this man and the rider at the back is a cavalier standing with a groom beside him to the right. In the foreground are three hens. [Possibly identical with 611*7.] Panel, 13 inches by 19^ inches. In the collection of Counts Andre and Vadim Bloudoff, St. Petersburg. 609. Two Horsemen and a Groom. In front of a churchyard wall, a groom holding a horse stands near a cavalier who is mounting a brown horse. Near him is another man on a grey horse which rears up. To the right are two spectators ; farther back are a boy teasing a dog and other figures. A blue sky with clouds. Panel, 17 inches by 22 inches. Sale. L. B. Coders, Amsterdam, April 8, 1816, No. 15. 609*7. A Riding-School. One rider is on horseback ; another holds his horse by the bridle. In the foreground are two dogs. A pleasant and interesting picture. Panel, 13^ inches by 2o inches. Sale. B. Ocke, Leyden, April 21, 1817, No. 23 (47 florins, Smart).