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 vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 257 CATALOGUE RAISONNfi 1. THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM. Sm. 438 and Suppl. 212. Lot, accompanied by an angel, conies hastily forward; his two daughters follow, carrying a bundle. In the middle distance, Sodom and Gomorrah are seen on fire, with dense smoke rising from the houses. The white dress of one figure produces the same effect as that of the white horse in many other pictures. The picture belongs to the artist's mature period. Panel, 13 inches by 15^ inches. In the Van Loon collection, Amsterdam, 1829 (Sm., who says an English collector had offered ^400 for it). In the Van Loon Van Winter collection, Amsterdam, bought as a whole by the Rothschilds, 1878. In the collection of E. de Rothschild, Paris. 2. Jacob's Departure. Sale. Amsterdam, April 17, 1708, No. 103. 3. The Sacrifice of Jephthah's Daughter. Panel, 16 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. J. G. Cramer, Amsterdam, November 3, 1769, No. 119 (36 florins). 4. Jephthah's Sacrifice. Panel, 31 inches by 23^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiostfe, ii. 1 20. Sale. Madame Lenglier, Paris, March 10, 1788 (400 francs). 5. THE PROPHET ELISHA MOCKED. Sm. 21. Thirteen children pulling very funny grimaces. An attractive work of the early period. Signed with the early monogram ; panel, 14^ inches by 15^ inches (at the Huls sale). Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 39. Sales. Samuel van Huls, The Hague, September 3, 1737 (Hoet, i. 480), No. 23 (185 florins). Chevalier de la Roque, Paris, 1745 (220 francs). In the collection of Leopold Favre, Geneva. 6. JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHING. Sm. 332 ; M. 29. In the right middle distance, at the foot of two trees, one of which is bare while the other is in full leaf, at the edge of a picturesque wood, stands the Baptist, preaching. He is turned to the left and raises his right hand. Around him the people stand or sit. In the right foreground are two horsemen in armour ; one of them, on a white horse, has his back to the spectator. Behind them are foot-soldiers with a banner. In the distance is a hill. The picture, to judge from the handling, which is still VOL. n 3