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 viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 273 bare-headed groom. On the right a gentleman with a riding - whip mounts a brown horse, standing beside a piebald ; its rider, a stout officer in a buff coat, stands near, with two other men. In the right fore- ground sits a woman cooking at a charcoal stove, with two boys near her. In the right background is a vessel near the bank of a river ; beyond is an open landscape with buildings and thickets, and high hills in the distance. A work of the master's maturity. Signed on the left with the full monogram ; panel, iy inches by 14^ inches. In the collection of Queen Louisa Ulrica, and in that of King Gustavus III. of Sweden. In the National Museum, Stockholm, 1900 catalogue, No. 712. 62. A RIDING-SCHOOL IN THE OPEN. Sm. 38 ; M. 70. In the centre foreground a groom, with his back to the spectator, holds a grey horse, facing left. Its rider kneels to fasten his spurs. His dog is sniffing at his gloves, which lie on the ground. To the left is a coach with six grey horses ; a person looks out of it. In the middle distance is a wall, above which rise the trees of a park ; on the extreme left is an archway. On the right, a gentleman gallops a brown horse towards the right, past a lady and gentleman on foot. In the immediate foreground near a post a boy and girl are playing with a dog. In the right middle distance is an avenue. A shepherd with his flock. A very fine picture. Canvas, 24 inches by 28^ inches. Mentioned by Descamps. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 70, as " Cavaliers du Manege." Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1883, No. 252. In the collection of the Marquis Voyer d'Argenson, 1752. Sales. Jan Gildemeester Jansz, Amsterdam, June II, 1800, No. 267 (2175 florins, J. Yver). Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., and G. Hibbert, London, May 14, 1802 C357, Bryan). In the collection of Lady Mildmay, 1829 (Sm.). In the collection of Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, 1883. In the collection of the late Baron Ferdinand von Rothschild, Waddesdon Manor. 62*. A Horse-Trainer. Given by Barent van Lin, The Hague, for his debt to the notary, Dispontijn, April 1 8, 1676 (A. Bredius). 6ib. A Horse-Trainer. Sale. Henriette Popta, Amsterdam, April 5, 1697 (Hoet, i. 40), No. 5 (180 florins). 62c. A Horse-Trainer. A small picture. Sale. Amsterdam, March 31, 1706 (Hoet, i. 86), No. 7 (81 florins). 62^. A Horse-Trainer. Sale. Cornelis Uitenbogaart, Amsterdam, April 3, 1711 (Hoet, i. 138), No. 4 (i 50 florins). VOL. II T