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 2I 6 AELBERT CUYP SECT. Sa/e.Sir Simon Clarke, London, May 8, 1840 (^357)- In the collection of the Earl of Normanton, London. 724. COWS BESIDE A RIVER ; MOONLIGHT. Sm. !72. A group of five cows, four of which are lying down, is on the bank of a river. On the stream is a boat carrying five persons. Moon- light. Panel, 19 inches by 28 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 167). In the collection of the Duke of Westminster, where it was in 1834 (Sm.). 725. A CALM SEA BY MOONLIGHT. The full moon rides between clouds. To the right is a vessel with two sailors. In the foreground two piles rise out of the water. In the distance is a flat bank. To the left are two vessels under sail. This is a work of Cuyp's maturity. It is rather dark, but the moonlit sky is very fine. It is better than the Six picture (719), but not so good as the Carstanjen example (720). Signed in the left-hand bottom corner, A cuyp ; panel, 30^ inches by 43 inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1106. 725*7. Moonlit Landscape. Panel, 22^ inches by 19^ inches. Sales. (Probably) Rotterdam, June 28, 1756, No. 65 (34 florins). Pieck Le Leu de Wilhelm, The Hague, May 28, 1777, No. 19 (200 florins, Kinke). 725^. View of Dordrecht ; Moonlight. Sale. Earl of Halifax, London, April 19, 1782 (47 : is.). 725*:. River Landscape with Shipping ; Moonlight. A town in the distance. Panel, i6 inches by i inches. In the Van Slingeland collection, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 496). Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. IO2 (36 florins, Fouquet). 726. Moonlit Landscape. Sm. 38. Two men, one of whom is on horseback, drive oxen and sheep along a road. In the distance is a river flowing between hills. Panel, 9 inches by 12 inches. Sales. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 105 (166 florins, Van Leen) material not stated. (Probably) Amsterdam, July n, 1798, No. 22 said to be on copper. 727. A Sea Piece by Moonlight. Sm. 85. To the right are a windmill and a pier composed of piles, on which are several persons. There are two vessels under sail ; a boat lies alongside the pier. To the right is a broad expanse of water, illumined by the moon, f Pendant to 358.]