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 3H PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. In the collection of Baron J. G. Verstolk van Soelen, 1829 (Sin., who valued it at 450) ; the collection was bought as a whole, 1846, by Thomas Baring, Humphrey Mildmay, and Lord Overstone. In the collection of Thomas Baring, London, 1847. In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 147. 183. THE HORSE FAIR. Sm. 13, Suppl. 6 ; M. 18. An open landscape, with a river in the middle distance flowing from hills at the back. In front are about twenty-four horses and fifty figures. To the right is a coach with four fine greys. In front of it are a grey horse, and a bay with a man and boy on its back. Near these are four horses. A cavalier and lady, with others, watch a horse which a groom and his master are showing off; a rider on a black horse also looks on. Near the rider, a mare is lying down and her foal stands up ; a boy approaches them. On the left a cavalier on a cream-coloured horse is near two spirited greys, one of which kicks out, while a man, woman, and boy run away. Beyond is an open space, full of men and horses, receding to the river-bank, along which are houses and tents under trees. Of the master's grey, mature period. " This picture is painted throughout with great care and delicacy, in what is termed the last manner of the master, remarkable for the prevalent grey or silvery hues of colouring" (Sm.). Signed ; panel, 25 inches by 34^ inches. Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, ii. 65 ; by Ch. Blanc, Le Tresor de la Curiosite, i. 8, 149, and ii. 196, 425 ; and by Waagen, Suppl. 89. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 18. Sales. Comtesse de Verrue, Paris, March 27, 1737, No. 87 (2001 francs, Comte de Clermont). Gaignat, Paris, December 1768 (14,560 francs). Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801 (16,150 francs). In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 1260). Exhibited for private sale in the collection of the Duchesse de Berry at Christie's, London, 1834 (priced at ^2000, but not sold). Sales. Duchesse de Berry, Paris, April 4, 1837, No. 47 (35,600 francs or, according to Sm., 37,380 francs). Baron von Mecklenburg, Paris, December 1 1, 1854, No. 29 (80,000 francs, with pendant according to MS. note by Sm.) ; it was in this collection in 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford, London. In the Wallace collection, London, 1901 catalogue, No. 65. 184. THE HORSE FAIR. Sm. 416. An open field, bounded on the right by cottages and a church, and in the distance by sandhills. In the left foreground sits a woman with a child on her lap. Another woman stands near, driving away two dogs with a whip. Children are near her. In the centre are eight horses. One has a rider ; two are lying down. Farther right in the middle distance are two horsemen near tents, with horse-dealers. There are others in the background, where is seen the village of Valkenburg. "This picture may justly be classed among the master's choicest productions ; it is painted in his third