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 268 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. from it stands with a groom in the foreground, looking at a dappled-grey horse which is learning to leap between two posts. To the right of one post a cavalier, with his head to the left, is mounting a grey horse, seen from the back. Another man, holding his whip and the tight reins in his upraised right hand, rides a grey horse forward from the right. In the corner at the extreme right a boy sits holding a dog in leash. Farther back a riding-master with a whip makes a horse canter round a tree. Beyond, a well-dressed couple come forward under the trees. In the left foreground sits a woman selling wine. Behind her a groom leads out a black horse from a stable ; only its head and neck are visible. A fine picture of the master's maturity. Frimmel wrongly regarded it as a good copy. Sm. thought the colour " unusually cold." Canvas, 27 inches by 33^ inches. In the collection of Prince Esterhazy, Vienna, 1842 (Sm., who valued it at j3o). In the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 1906 catalogue, No. 488 (old No. 304). 47. A RIDING -SCHOOL BEFORE THE GATE. Sm. Suppl. 243. In the right foreground is the gateway of a castle, the wall of which stretches away to the back. In front of it three cavaliers are riding. The middle man rides a piebald horse to the left towards two posts, where the third man is whipping his horse, which is tied to a post and kicks out behind. In the left foreground a groom holds his master's horse and red cloak, while the rider kneels down to fasten his spur on his right foot. Near him is a dog. Farther back two gentlemen, one with hawk on wrist, ride out to hunt. On the right a gentleman with the help of his groom bridles his horse, which is seen from the back. At the gate are children with a he-goat, a spirit-dealer selling drink to a chimney- sweep, and a woman with cakes, near whom stand some more children. In front stands a cavalier in red with a whip in his folded arms. On the road beside the wall are a peasant on horseback with a scythe, some children at play, and a cavalier riding to the town. On the grass under a tree, near the road, soldiers are playing cards. A cannon on the wall is pointed towards a broad river with many boats in a valley on the left. Near it are men. In the distance is a range of hills. Signed on the road in the right-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; canvas, 26 inches by 32 inches. In the chief Kassel inventory of 1749, No. 14; and in the 1783 inventory, No. 64. At Paris, 1806-1815. In the Picture Gallery, Kassel, 1903 catalogue, No. 342 (old No. 315). 48. A RIDING-SCHOOL IN THE OPEN. Sm. 372 and Suppl. 165. In the centre a man rides a horse which is tied to a post. A saddled grey horse, in profile to the right, is prancing near, with its rider behind it. On the right, a horseman, in profile to the left, is partly visible. In front of him stand a gentleman watching the grey, and a little page. In the left middle distance, in front of an old ruined arch