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 264 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. King William II. of Holland, The Hague, August 12, 1850, No. 92 (3000 florins, Nieuwenhuys). Baron von Mecklenburg, Paris, December n, 1854, No. 30 (7200 francs, Nieuwenhuys). In the collection of Lord Penrhyn, Penrhyn Castle. 28. PYRAMUS AND THISBE. Sm. 66 and 163. To the right, in the foreground of an idyllic landscape, Pyramus in a red costume lies dead, with a hunting-knife beside him. Thisbe, in a white cloak and blue dress, kneels with outstretched hands beside her lover. In the back- ground is a lion. To the left is a cupid shooting an arrow ; he serves as the top of a fountain. To the right, behind Pyramus, is a thicket. In the distance is a valley with a lake. Signed with the early monogram ; panel, 9 inches by 7 inches. Mentioned by O. Granberg, Les Collections Privies de la Suede, 33, No. 67. Exhibited at Stockholm, 1893, No. 115. In the collection of W. Lormier, 1752 (Hoet, ii. 447) ; he had acquired it from Jaques de Roore (for 125 florins) ; in his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 350. Sales. Willem Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Terw. 336) (165 florins). Nogaret, Paris 1780 (910 francs). Sm. accidentally describes the picture twice, with slightly varying dimensions. In the Wachtmeister collection, Wanas, No. 76. 29. APOLLO AND DAPHNE. Sale. Jan de Gise, Bonn, August 30, 1742, No. 396. 30. ICARUS AND DAEDALUS. In a hilly landscape with a river, several persons on foot or on horseback are seen in the right fore- ground. Above are Icarus and Daedalus. Panel, i6 inches by 14^ inches. Sale. F. I. de Dufresne, Amsterdam, August 22, 1770, No. 224. 31. King William returning from England, on the Scheven- ingen Road. The king sits in a coach drawn by six horses. He is accompanied by many cavaliers. There are very many spectators. An early work. Canvas, 26 inches by 31 inches. The king returned in 1691. This makes it impossible that such a picture can have been painted by Philips Wouwerman, who died in 1668 ; the picture must have been wrongly described. Sales. W. Reyers, Amsterdam, September 21, 1814, No. 182 (10 florins, Roos). Engelberts, Amsterdam, August 25, 1817, No. 114 (10 florins, Coders). 32. Review of Troops by Louis XIII. before the Tuileries. The picture was said to be the joint production of Pieter and Philips. Sm. thought it entirely by Pieter, and his masterpiece. A picture of a similar scene, also in Paris, signed by Pieter Wouwerman and of almost the same dimensions (54 inches by 68 inches) is in the Louvre, 1902 catalogue, No. 2635. To this group probably belongs also 34.