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 282 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer. In the collection of the Marquise de Ganay, Paris, 1902. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. 87. WATERING HORSES. Sm. 378 and Suppl. 169. To the left a naked groom is swimming his horse in a stream near a stone bridge with two arches. Another groom, whip in hand, drives into the water a brown horse which is drinking at the bank. Through one of the arches of the bridge are seen two women washing clothes. On the bridge a man and a woman carrying a child look on. To the right a groom in a red jacket rides a white horse out of the water. Behind him, near an archway beside the bridge, people are watching the horses. Farther right a groom on a white horse leads a chestnut. A dark and unattractive picture of the master's late period. [Pendant to 438*.] Signed in the left-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Trtsor de la Curiosite", i. 12. Engraved by P. Moitte in the BrQhl collection, No. 15. Sales. (Supplementary), Comtesse de Verrue, Paris, April 9, 1737, No. 20 (3775 francs, with another picture). Izaak Hoogenbergh, Amsterdam, April 10, 1743 (Hoet, ii. 81), No. 14 (310 florins according to Sm.). In the collection of Count Brtihl, Dresden. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1004; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 88. RIDERS HALTING TO WATER THEIR HORSES AT A LAKE. To the left on the bank is a steep rock behind which the sun is setting. To the right on the farther bank is a stone archway ; in the distance is a round tower. On the road from the archway some horsemen and pedestrians come towards the front, where some riders are watering or swimming their horses. A standard-bearer on a brown horse in the foreground converses with a woman on a mule ; near her another woman sits on the ground embracing her two little children. To the right a shepherd stands leaning on his staff ; his dog barks at the soldiers, while his sheep rest in the shade of bushes. The landscape is almost the same as in 362. This is a work of the early period and is not very good. Signed in the right-hand bottom corner with the full monogram ; canvas (relined in 1828), 26^ inches by 40 inches. Acquired by the Empress Catherine II. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1026. 89. WATERING HORSES. Sm. Suppl. 236. In the fore- ground of a sandy and hilly landscape flows a river, winding down from right to left. On it is a boat, near which are bathers. Three horses with riders are watering. One man has dismounted and stands beside his horse while it drinks. Several peasants resting on the bank to the right. Opposite them on the left are an angler, seated, and a man standing up ; the man converses with a woman who is fetching a pail of water. Two travellers are on an arched bridge over a small tributary of the river, which flows from between hills on the left. On the nearest hill in the left-hand