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 viir PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 279 scape, with a river in the left foreground. A man on a dark horse leads a fine prancing white horse towards the water. Near them are a barking dog, another horseman, and an old man lifting up a boy behind him. Farther away are some washerwomen. Nearer to the right are some boys on the ground. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 790. Engraved by Cochin, No. 90, as "Entree d'Abreuvoir," when in the Verbeckt collection, 1756 j and by Rousseau, when in the Aved collection. Sales. Verbeckt, Paris, 1756. Aved, Paris, November 24, 1766. Rousseau, Paris, August 22, 1785. In the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth. 76. A WATERING-PLACE NEAR A RUIN. Sm. 510 and Suppl. 248. On the left is a river, in which men are bathing and grooms are watering horses. One groom in a scarlet jacket sits on a grey which is kicking, and leads a spirited bay by the halter. In the centre is an old ruined tower. To the right is a road with horsemen. In front of the ruin a boy in red climbs up behind the rider of a grey horse that has come out of the water. In front are three washerwomen, and a little boy playing with a boat. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; panel, i8j inches by 24^ inches. Hlibner says it is mentioned in the 1722 Dresden inventory, probably as No. A. 410 j but this, as the existing No. 1447 prefixed to it shows, is 77. First mentioned in Guarienti's catalogue (before 1753), No. 1713 ; but it almost looks like a pendant to 77. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1436 (Sm. valued it in 1842 at 420). 77. A WATERING-PLACE BESIDE A CASTLE. Sm. Suppl. 183. To the left is a river. A groom on a brown horse rides out of the water, leading a bay horse. Behind, to the right, a man in a blue jacket on a bay horse is letting the animal drink. In the centre foreground two riders on the bank are urging their horses into the stream. To the right is another rider ; his own horse kicks out behind, and the horse which he is leading by the halter refuses to move. In the immediate foreground beside the water are three washerwomen, and a boy sailing a toy boat. On the bank to the right sits a woman with a child at her breast, near a cradle. Beyond, on rising ground, is a castle, cut off by the frame ; it has a cannon ; in front of it is a sentry. In the river to the left are two horsemen and three boys bathing. The landscape is drawn from two different view-points. The background is seen from a much higher view- point than the foreground. [Compare 76.] Signed in the right-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; panel, 18 inches by 24 inches. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, No. A. 410. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1447 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at ^400). 78. THE GREY HORSE AT THE WATERING-PLACE.-