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 vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 275 64. A Rider breaking-in a Young Horse. Sm. 127. [Pendant to 430.] Panel, 1 1 inches by 8| inches. Sale. Blondel de Gagny, Paris, December 10, 1771, No. 117 (2500 francs, with pendant). 65. A Riding-School. Sm. 60, and 166. Grooms exercising three horses. Panel, 14 inches by 17 inches. In 1752 in the collection of Lormier (Hoet, ii. 447) ; according to his store-room catalogue of December 1754, No. 345, he had acquired it from Jacobus Wouters, Antwerp (for 330 florins). Sales. Willem Lormier, The Hague, July 4, 1763 (Trew. 335), No. 331 (260 florins). Borremans, Brussels, June 5, 1781 (805 florins). Laborde, Paris, June 14, 1784 (withdrawn). 650. A Riding-School. Sm. 167 "A beautiful picture" (Sm.). Panel, 15 inches by 17 inches. Said to have been presented by Louis XIV. to the Cardinal Gonzaga. Sale. William Ellis Agar, London, 1807. 66. A Riding-School. In the right foreground stands a man pulling on his right boot ; he rests his foot on a bank. Behind him is a rider on a grey horse, seen from the back. Near them a groom holds a brown horse which kicks out behind. Farther away a gentleman on a chestnut horse, facing the spectator, rides round a post, followed by a boy with a dog in leash. On the left two other men look on. Two fine Italian buildings. Panel, 15^ inches by 14 inches. Sales. P. J. Geelhand, Antwerp, July 5, 1784, No. I. Madame Wellens, nee Geelhand, Antwerp, August 21, 1810, No. 2 (1900 florins, Wellens). , J. F. de Vinck de Wesel, Antwerp, August 16, 1814, No. 55 (1650 francs). 66a. A Riding-School. A fine saddled grey horse. Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Sale. Ph. van der Schley and D. du Pr6, Amsterdam, December 22, 1817, No. 141 (350 florins, Roos). 66b. A Riding-School in the Open. Several horses are being broken- in. Beyond are figures. Canvas, 21 inches by 25 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, August 17, 1818, No. 90 (67 florins, Josi), 66c. A Riding-School in the Open. In front of a great castle are some gentlemen on horseback or on foot near a training-pole. Fine landscape. Canvas, 23 inches by 20 inches. In the collection of A. van Hall. Sale. Amsterdam, April 27, 1840, No. 85 (66 florins, Hoele).