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 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 277 In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1907 catalogue, No. 2716 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at 250). 70. THE WATERING-PLACE. Sm. 172 and Suppl. 62; M. 6. A landscape with a broad river on the left flowing away into the distance. The bank rises to a hill on the right. In the middle distance, to the left of a ruined house, stands an old tree, the stem of which forks near the ground. In the left foreground three washerwomen are busy at the waterside. To the right of them a groom rides a dark horse out of the water, in which stand, farther back, a second horse, having its back to the spectator and carrying a man and a boy, and a third horse facing the spectator. From the right another groom rides a grey horse into the water and leads another horse by the halter behind him. Nearer the front is a spirited horse which a man with difficulty holds by the bridle. In front, a man comes out of the water, carrying his clothes past the horse. A boy pulls a dog into the water. In the extreme right foreground sit a man and woman. Behind them in the middle distance comes a groom riding a dark horse to the watering-place and leading a horse which kicks out behind at a barking dog. On the river in the left middle distance is a ferry-boat with two horses and figures. In front of it, in deep water, is a groom riding one horse and leading another. " This picture was painted in the artist's best time and is remarkably clear throughout" (Sm.). Signed in the right-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; panel, 18 inches by 25^ inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curioszte, i. 422 and ii. 88. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 6, as " L'Abreuvoir." Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1824. Sales. Servad, Amsterdam, June 25, 1778, No. 123 (2500 florins, Fouquet). Montribloud, Paris, February 9, 1784 (5102 francs). Calonne, Paris, 1788 (6400 francs). Benjamin West, London, June 23, 1820 (735, bought in). Joseph Barchard, London, 1826 (682 : ios., Bonnemaison). Chevalier Ferol Bonnemaison, Paris, April 17, 1827 (20,000 francs). Nieuwenhuys, London, May 10, 1833 (955 : ios., Warne ; said by Sm. to have been bought in). In the Van der Hoop collection, Amsterdam, 1842 (Sm.). In the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Van der Hoop bequest, 1907 catalogue, No. 2717. 71. THE WATERING-PLACE. Grooms ride three horses, two brown and one grey, down a low sloping bank into a river. In the water to the left, men are bathing. Near them is a huntsman with dogs. A woman holds a child in her arms. The horizon is bounded by hills ; there are light clouds in the sky. A work of the good and mature period. Signed in the left-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 18^ inches. Exhibited at Berlin, 1890, No. 328, and 1906, No. 158. In the collection of James Simon, Berlin. 72. HORSES WATERING AND MEN BATHING IN A RIVER. On the right is a broad river. It flows to the left past a high