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 vii AELBERT CUYP 15 26. PRINCE FREDERICK HENRY AT HEUSDEN. Sm. Suppl. 22. The Prince stands in the centre foreground, facing the spectator, with his hands resting on his stafF. He listens to the report of an officer, seen in profile to the right, who faces him on the left ; the officer is bare-headed and wears a cuirass over a buff jerkin. On the right, farther back, in front of tall trees, are a despatch-rider and a trumpeter, both mounted ; beyond them are two men in black. A sentinel with a lance is posted at the door of a building, only part of which is visible. Soldiers are busily employed in the centre and the left of the middle distance. Two on the left converse with a girl ; another sits near the cannon, protected by entrenchments, which are trained on the houses and church of Heusden seen in the distance. A dog lies near this soldier ; another in the left foreground looks back at the first dog. It is a genuine work, although the style is unusual, and it is well preserved. " Painted in in the artist's finished manner " (Sm.). Panel, 19^ inches by 23^ inches. Probably identical with Sm. Suppl. 22, which was on canvas, measuring 23 inches by 23 inches. Sm. identified it with Sm. 30 (27). But the pictures differ too widely in size. Moreover, his description agrees exactly with that of the Amsterdam sale catalogue of April 26, 1904, and the size is nearly the same. Mentioned by G. Gltick in his work on the Tritsch collection, 1907. Sold by Messrs. Smith to Netscher, before 1842 (Sm.). Sale. Amsterdam, April 26, 1904, No. 1092. In the collection of Alexander Tritsch, Vienna. 27. Siege of a Town. Sm. 30. In the foreground an officer con- verses with his commander. Behind them are two officers with a trumpeter and an officer on horseback. Soldiers and others are scattered in the middle distance and background, near some tents. Panel, 18 inches by 42 inches (Sm. gives it as 16 inches by 24 inches). Sale. J. van der Linden van Slingeland, Dordrecht, August 22, 1785, No. 94 (405 florins, Delfos). 28. THE MAAS AT DORDRECHT WITH A FERRY- BOAT. Sm. 98. On the left numerous vessels lie in a long line at the quay. Among them is a broad Dutch ferry-boat, full of people. Alongside of it lies a small boat, in which is seated an officer in a scarlet uniform, with another man with dark clothes standing behind him. A yacht and several other boats are in the river. It is a fine summer evening. This is one of Cupy's masterpieces. " Of the very few pictures painted by Cuyp of this size and subject, the one just described is, perhaps, the most agreeable to the eye and feelings ; as it possesses an agreeable warmth of tone, combined with the appearance of a genial atmosphere, free from that sultry and oppressive heat which sometimes predominates in his pictures." (Sm.). Canvas, 46 inches by 66| inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 316). A copy from the collection of Mr. Guy Sebright was in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, 1907, No. 57 ; this was on canvas, measuring 43 inches by