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 364 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 382. Three Travellers Halting on the Road. Sm. 30 and Suppl. 132. On the left is a hill covered with bushes, with two leafless trees on the top, and, at the foot, a pool of water at which a dog is drinking. In the foreground three travellers halt on the road. One, seated on a black horse, speaks to another, farther back, who stands holding the bridle of his heavily laden horse. The third man kneels beside his grey horse to mend a torn saddle-girth. A few rays of sunlight break through the clouds. [Pendant to 442.] Panel, 13 inches by 15 inches, or, according to Sm., i8| inches by 15 inches. Mentioned by Ch. Blanc, Le Trtsor de la Curiosite, i. I oo. Engraved by Cochin as " L* Accident de la Voyage." Sales. Comte de Vence, Paris, February II, 1761 (Sm. says 1750) (700 francs, with pendant). (Possibly) A. Perignon the elder, Paris, April 8, 1853. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 145 (1500 francs, Le Roy); Sm. says it was in this collection in 1842. 383. Travellers halting. Travellers halt near the top of a hill. The women are seated ; one has a child on her lap. The men relieve the pack-animals of their loads or let them drink. Higher up on the hill is a woman with a flock of sheep. Panel, 13 inches by 16 inches. In the Rh6n collection. Sale. Isaac Pereire, Paris, March 6, 1872, No. 179 (7100 francs). 384. Travellers with Laden Horses on a Road. Sm. Suppl. 1 8 1. An open country with a broken and undulating surface. On rising ground to the left are figures. A young woman sits with a child in her lap. A peasant with a bay horse halts to caress her. Another peasant with a grey horse, laden with panniers and bundles, passes on. Beyond, to the right, four travellers with two pack-horses go along the bank of a river. Farther away a man and horse are resting. A fine evening in autumn. " Painted in the third manner of the master, clear and silvery in tone " (Sm.). Panel, 14 inches by 16 inches. Bought by O'Niel from Stacey of Norwich, 1835. Bought by Sm. from O'Niel, and sold to Brook Greville. Sales. Brook Greville, London, April 30, 1836 (336, Scott for Charles Cope). Charles Cope, London, 1872 ($77 ' IOs -' Averst )- 384**. Horsemen resting. Sale. Ant. Sils, Antwerp, March 21, 1882, No. 89. 384*. Rest. Cardboard, n inches by 8 inches. Sale. Tscheppe and others, Frankfort -on -Main, November 7, 1898, No. 113.