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 vii AELBERT CUYP ^3 two hunting dogs. In the right distance a cavalier on a dark horse gallops forward from a wood. Signed, A. C. ; panel, n inches by 15^ inches. In the Yates collection, London, and for sale, 1834 (Sm.). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1897, No. 2. In the collection of Adolphe Schloss, Paris. In the collection of the late C. T. Yerkes, New York. 617. A CAVALIER AND HIS TWO SONS STARTING FOR THE HUNT. Sm. 150. In the right foreground, in front of rising round dotted with trees, a cavalier in purple sits on a dappled-grey horse, facing left. He holds the reins in his left hand, and points with his riding-whip to the left. He turns his head, as if giving an order, to a gamekeeper who stands on the right, in profile to the left, holding two greyhounds in leash. In front of the cavalier, one of his sons, in blue, sits in profile to the left on a dark-bay pony. The other son, in a scarlet coat, sits on a black horse farther left, and almost faces the spectator. In the left middle distance of a flat landscape, huntsmen one mounted, the other on foot are coursing a hare with dogs. In the centre of the distance is a castle. A fine summer morning. The landscape resembles the neighbour- hood of Hoch and Nieder Elten on the Rhine. Signed, A. Cuyp ; canvas, 43 inches by 6i inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 289). Sales. L. Lapeyriere, Paris, April 19, 1829 (17,950 francs). Thomas Emmerson, London, 1829 (1102 : ios.). In the collection of Richard Sanderson, M.P., London, 1834 (Sm.). Sales. Richard Sanderson, London, June 17, 1848 (556 : ios., Norton). Lyne Stephens, London, May II, 1895, No. 331 (2100). Purchased from Delahante, London, by Sedelmeyer. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1895, No. 3. In the collection of the late Maurice Kann, Paris. 618. A CAVALIER AND A LADY STARTING FOR THE HUNT. Sm. 177, and Suppl. 48. On the right, in a broad landscape, a cavalier and a lady are riding forward. The man wears dark clothes, high riding- boots, and a full-bottomed wig, with no hat ; he is mounted on a brown horse and holds a riding-whip in his right hand. The lady, to the left of him, is on a white horse, with a richly-decorated saddle. She wears a blue silk dress with full slashed sleeves, and a cap with blue and white plumes. Both face the spectator. In the left foreground, near bushes, are two hunting dogs. In the middle distance a huntsman on foot, with a spear over his right shoulder, follows them, holding two grey- hounds in leash. Behind him to the left is a slender tree ; farther back are two horsemen. In the distance to the left is a large castle, beyond a river. A fine summer morning. " A splendid work " (Sm.). Signed, A. Cuyp ; canvas, 47 inches by 66 inches. A copy is in the Dresden Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 1783 (Cf. Reper- toriura, xvii. 331).