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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 261 18. THE ANGEL APPEARING TO THE SHEPHERDS. Sm. Suppl. 25. The chief group is on the left, near some trees from which is suspended a canvas shelter. It includes two women, one of whom holds a child, a sleeping boy and a kneeling man. Nearer the front are three shepherds adoring ; two of them are at the foot of a tree. In the centre foreground are a grey and a brown horse in profile, facing opposite ways j the brown horse is partly behind the grey. Near them are an ass lying down, two sheep, a goat, and a dog. The angel with large wings turns his head towards the shepherds, and points with out- stretched left hand towards the right background, where are several huts. Canvas, 17 inches by 23^ inches. In the collection of Charles Brind, London, 1842. Sales. Sir J. C. Robinson of London, Paris, May 7, 1868. Marquis du Blaisel, Paris, March 1 6, 1870, No. 138 (1700 francs). Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris, May 25, 1907, No. 218 (1550 francs). i8<?. Adoration of the Shepherds. In the collection of Charles Brind, London. Sale. Marquis du Blaisel, London, May 17, 1872 (ji2O : 155., bought in). 19. THE HOLY FAMILY. Sm. 136 and Suppl. 47. To the left is a cottage amidst trees. In the centre foreground, the Infant Christ and St. John are playing with a dove and a lamb. The Virgin, in a red vest and a blue skirt, sits near them, with St. Anne, who is reading a book. A little distance off" are St. Joseph and two angels. Two more angels are on the right, near an ass. Signed with the full monogram ; canvas, 24^ inches by 19 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1882, No. 54. Sale. Paillet, Paris, 1777 (1520 francs). In the collection of Edward Gray, Harringay, London, before 1842 (Sm.). Entrusted to the dealer Yates for sale, 1846. In the collection of John Walter, Bearwood. Sales. George Holmes and others, April 25, 1903, No. 78 ; the catalogue states that the picture had been in the Paillet and Gray collec- tions, but does not state that it had been in the Walter collection ; so that possibly the Walter picture was a second example. London, March 23, 1907, No. 78. 20. Christ on the Cross (or, Mount Calvary). Sm. 39 and Suppl. 15. Calvary rises in the centre ; on its summit are the crosses of Christ and the two thieves on either side. The executioners descend the hill in a long file, carrying their ladders and implements. Four horsemen precede them ; one rides a bright bay, another a roan, the third a prancing grey, and the fourth, holding a banner, a dark-brown horse. The three Marys are at the foot of the cross. Part of Jerusalem is seen in the distance. Signed, and dated 1652 j copper, 19 inches by 28 inches. A picture of a similar subject was in the sale : Jacob Cromhout and Jasper Loskart, Amsterdam, May 7, 1709 (Hoet, i. 132), No. 6 (550 florins).