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 276 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 66d. A Riding-School. In the foreground a gentleman in a Spanish costume sits on a rearing grey horse which seems frightened of the whip held by a groom standing near. On the same side a boy holds a barking dog. On the right a groom is saddling a dark-brown horse. Behind it, near an archway, are trees, under which are grouped some ladies and gentlemen, on horse or on foot. In the middle distance two children sit on a bank near a flock of sheep and goats. In the background are fields, buildings, and hills. There are light clouds in the sky. [Pendant to 885.] Canvas, 16 inches by 21 inches. Sale. E. P. Cremer, Middelburg, May 17, 1847, No. 93 pendant to 94. 66e. A Riding-School (or, The Leaping-Bar). Sm. Suppl. 202. Near the walls of a fortified town, three gentlemen watch a groom teaching a horse to leap. In front a boy holds a grey ; beyond, a bay horse is tied to a post. On the top of a wall are three men. [Pendant to 467^.] " These pictures have become a little dark by time" (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Saye and Sele, Belvedere, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Sir C. E. Eardley, London, June 30, 1860 (89 : 53.). 66/ The Riding-School. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 578. Then in the collection of the Duke of Richmond. 67. A Spanish Riding-School. [Pendant to 347*.] Canvas, 17 inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Count Cajetan Brunetti, Vienna, January 12, 1871, No. 128. 67*. A Riding-School. With a kicking horse. 1 8 inches by 15 inches. Sale. London, February 6, 1897, No. 95. 68. A Riding-School. A groom rides a horse round a post, at which stands the riding-master with a whip. On the other side, in the middle distance, two men and a dog are near an old building. Described by Sm. from an engraving by J. Visscher. 69. THE WATERING-PLACE. Sm. 453, and Suppl. 261. On the right is a river ; a man rides a grey horse into the water. Near him, on the bank, is a man in a dark-blue jacket on a bay horse ; he leads by the bridle a grey horse, seen in profile to the right, which kicks out behind. From the left a little boy in a red jacket comes running to the right. At the back is a wall with a wooden cross on it, at the foot of which are seated some peasants. Farther back a peasant comes riding to the water. In the distance is a round tower. Blue sky with clouds. The prevailing tone is a bluish-grey. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; panel, 13^ inches by 16 inches. Transferred from the National Museum, The Hague, to Amsterdam, 1808. Sale. Amsterdam Museum directors, Amsterdam, August 4, 1828, No. 163 (31 50 florins, Spies, who probably bought it in for the Museum) ; this is not noted in the Amsterdam catalogue.