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 332 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 257*7. A Horse. It is tied to a tree ; the rider is asleep at the side. Signed on the left at foot, "P. W" ; canvas, i?4 inches by inches. Sale. Samuel Baruch, Cologne, May 23, 1870, No. 44. 257^. A Grey Horse. It stands in a landscape. The rider lies on the ground to the right. Panel, 9 inches by 12 inches. Sale. Fr. Baudri, and others, Cologne, June 14, 1875, No. 351. 257*:. The Sleeping Rider and his Horse. A rider lies stretched out asleep on the ground at the foot of a ruined tower overgrown with plants. His horse is eating oats from a sack, under which is the saddle. On the right is a dog. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 14 inches by 13 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 564. 257^. A Bay Horse with a Rider resting. A cavalier in a blue doublet and grey felt hat sits on a bank, holding the bridle of his bay horse. At his feet is a white dog. He seems to be asking the way from an old peasant seated near him with a basket full of nets on his back. In the left middle distance two peasants halt at a thatched cottage. [Almost certainly identical with 257.] Panel, 12 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Baron de Beurnonville, Paris, May 9, 1881, No. 569. 257*. A Rider who has dismounted. He converses with a peasant. In the Chapuis collection. Sale. Ant. Sils, Antwerp, March 21, 1882, No. 36. 258. A BROWN HORSE. In profile to the right in a land- scape. The rider lies on the ground to the right, conversing with a peasant who stands before him. In the left distance is a flock of sheep. To the right is a rock, past which goes a waggon drawn by a grey horse. Catalogued as by Paulus Potter, but certainly an early work by P. Wouwerman. 20 inches by i6 inches. Sale. Merlo and others, Cologne, December 9, 1891, No. 144 (430 marks). 259. A GREY HORSE. In a hilly landscape near two pollard willows on the right. A peasant lies asleep on the ground. An early work. Signed on the right at foot with the monogram ; panel, 14^ inches by ii| inches. In the Kaufmann collection, Berlin. Sale. Hauptmann, Paris, March 22, 1897, No. 53. In the possession of the Paris dealer F. Kleinberger. In the possession of the Amsterdam dealer Goudstikker. Sale. Haemacher, Amsterdam, November 30, 1897, No. 123 (830 florins).