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 vni PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 259 11. THE ANGEL APPEARING TO THE SHEPHERDS. To the left on a rock appears the angel. The Virgin reclines on straw in a tent, nursing the Child. Two shepherds and a boy are praying near ; one clasps his hands. In the foreground stands the ass j near it lies a cow with its back to the spectator. To the right, amidst a flock of sheep that are lying down, are two shepherds ; one, wearing a turban, raises his hands. To the left are withered trees. The sky has a reddish tint. Behind the angel is a fiery glow. To the right are greyish-black clouds. Signed to the left with the monogram ; panel, 19 inches by 24 inches. In the collection of Jules Forges, Paris. 12. THE ANGEL APPEARING TO THE SHEPHERDS. To the right is a white horse. Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. In the collection of Sir F. Cook, Bart., Richmond, No. 21 1. i2a. The Angel appearing to the Shepherds. 14 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Count Schonborn, Amsterdam, April 16, 1738 (Hoet, i. 510), No. 52 (101 florins). 13. The Angel appearing to the Shepherds. Sm. 65. Canvas, 21 inches by 24^ inches. Mentioned by Hoet, ii. 447. Sales. Floris Drabbe, Leyden, April I, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 76), No. 8 (195 florins, W. Lormier ; or 240 florins, according to note in Lormier's store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 352). W. Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terwesten, 336), No. 337 (295 florins). 13*. The Angel announcing the Nativity to the Shepherds. Panel, 15 inches by 17^ inches. Sale. P. J. de Marneffe, Brussels, May 24, 1830, No. 361. 14. The Angel appearing to the Shepherds. Sm. Suppl. 26. The chief group, of about ten persons, is on the left, within and around a shelter formed of canvas, attached to some old trees. Above them appears the angel. Some are on their knees ; one within the tent stands looking up with arms outstretched. In the centre stands a grey horse ; near it is a group of sheep huddled together. Cattle are seen in a dell beyond them. " An early production " (Sm.). Panel, 14^ inches by i8 inches. Sale. T. Jones, London, 1837 (74 : us.). 15. The Angel appearing to the Shepherds. Sm. Suppl. 10. To the right, in a hilly landscape, are several shepherds and their wives, some of whom are within an old shed. One woman is asleep, with a babe in her arms, and a child lying at her side ; another woman stands near ; a third kneels with her back to the spectator. On rising ground in the centre, a grey horse stands ; near it an ass is lying down. Beyond