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 vni PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 321 204*7. An Ass. A round picture. [Possibly identical with 204^.] Sale. Jacob van Hoek, Amsterdam, April 12, 1719 (Hoet, i. 223), No. 43 (31 florins, with an octagonal picture). 204^. An Ass. [Possibly identical with 204*7.] Sale. Nicolaas Verkolje, Amsterdam, April 18, 1746 (Hoet, ii. 181), No. 38 (6 florins 15, together with "An Ox," No. 39 = 205*). 205. A Laden Mule. Near it a man is conversing with a woman who is resting and a shepherd. Fine accessories. Copper, 6 inches by 6 inches. Sale. Bleuland, Utrecht, May 6, 1839, No. 417. 205*7. A Little Ox. Sale. Nicolaas Verkolje, Amsterdam 1 8, 1746 (Hoet, ii. 181), No. 39 (6 florins 15, together with "An Ass," No. 38 = 204^). 205^. A Greyhound resting. Near some plants. Panel, 14^ inches by 13 inches. Sale. Thomas Theodor Cremer, Rotterdam, April 16, 1816, No. 133 (72 florins). 205<r. A Little Dog. Sale. Rotterdam, June 9, 1828, No. 255. 206. TWO STAGS. Sm. 398. With two rabbits, in a landscape. The little picture is not easily recognised as a Wouwerman ; it would seem at a first glance to be a Potter, especially from the animals' heads. Only the sky is very typical of Wouwerman. [Pendant to 1039.] Signed with the monogram " P S. Wn." ; panel, 9 inches by 6 inches. Engraved by Martinasi as " Le Pare au Cerf." In the Van Schorel collection, Antwerp (Sm.), but not in the sale of June 7, 1774. In the collection of Count Solviere (Art Sales}. Sale. Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bart., London, May 29, 1794 (.74:115., with pendant). In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, 1829 (Sm., who valued it at 105). In the possession of the London dealer M. Colnaghi, spring, 1895. In the possession of the Vienna dealer Miethke, June 1895, from whom it was bought by D. Franken of Le Vesinet as a gift to the museum. In the Haarlem Town Museum, 1907 catalogue, No. 299. 207. A GREY HORSE. It has a red saddle and stands in profile to the left on the road near a pollard willow. A boy with his back to the spectator holds the horse's bridle. At his feet is a dog. The rider sits in the right middle distance. The effect of the grey horse against the light sky is very fine. This is one of the best of the early pictures. [Compare 229, 298, and 591.] Signed on the left at foot with the early monogram ; panel, 1 7 inches by 15 inches. VOL. II Y